dub@pur-phy.UUCP (Dwight U. Bartholomew) (09/06/84)
Ok, here's a question about Asgard.
Most cultures advance slowly towards mechanization. Man's
civilization started out as nomad tribes and now look at all the
wonderful machines we have {:-) But after looking at Asgard we
see that something is wrong. They continue to fight with swords
and mystical hammers (effective hammers, but still just hammers.)
They haven't advanced in technology. They are basically back in the
Middle Ages and it would seen that their culture is stagnant. Doesn't
this strike you as odd?
Paul Simmington
Northeastern Univ.
Bosstown, MAiv@trsvax.UUCP (09/09/84)
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But after looking at Asgard we see that something is wrong.
They continue to fight with swords and mystical hammers
(effective hammers, but still just hammers.)
They haven't advanced in technology. They are basically back
in the Middle Ages and it would seen that their culture is
stagnant. Doesn't this strike you as odd?
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Not really. Asgard has one BIG thing going for it that we don't:
Magic. When you're as powerful as Odin or his "sons" and "daughters",
then who needs machines? Magic isn't an answer to everything, but the
culture they have is (partially) a result of the fact that they have
magic and (to some extent) have not felt a need for machines.
IV (aka John Elliott IV)
Tandy Systems Software; Fort Worth, TX
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