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In reply to the discussion: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Godhood.. [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)16. It's only technology that puts us at the top of the food chain..
Without weapons (technology) even the baddest ass human is only a midmorning snack for a Smilodon.
I would have died at birth but for technology, antiquated technology by today's standards but technology none the less. I'm basically an evolutionary failure if you are looking for something to be at the top of the food chain.
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Fumesucker
Feb 2015
OP
I wrongly attributed TLQ to Clarke in the OP and then edited when it was pointed out to me..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#22
In Childhood's End some idiot tried to fire a nuke at the alien guardians, and promptly disappeared.
leveymg
Feb 2015
#7
I think this feeds into an evolutionary defense mechanism; our predisposition to faith.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#9
He wrote quite a bit of stuff that's not in that subgenre, I don't read fantasy either any more
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#25