10th January 2003, 3:29 PM
If anything, fighting should INCREASE the speed of technological development. After all, most of the greatest technical developments in this world can be attributed to war. One can't do a study on the history of science without also studying the history of conflict, for the two are intertwined, and other deep philosophical tripe. From spears to the internet, it all had a battle tactic in mind when it was made.
However, why on Earth should it be forced to be realistic? It is a work of fiction, so one shouldn't nit pick about certain aspects not seeming all that real. Sheesh, for the matter of realism, no one named Obi Wan ever actually existed, so why doesn't anyone complain about the fact that those characters don't actually exist in the real world?
Oh well, at least this isn't the debate over sci fi weapons in FPS games. Those people who complain about the guns not being real, saying that was one of their favorite parts of Golden Eye or whatever, SERIOUSLY frighten me.
However, why on Earth should it be forced to be realistic? It is a work of fiction, so one shouldn't nit pick about certain aspects not seeming all that real. Sheesh, for the matter of realism, no one named Obi Wan ever actually existed, so why doesn't anyone complain about the fact that those characters don't actually exist in the real world?
Oh well, at least this isn't the debate over sci fi weapons in FPS games. Those people who complain about the guns not being real, saying that was one of their favorite parts of Golden Eye or whatever, SERIOUSLY frighten me.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)