[ExI] Carl Sagan once conjectured that, if things had gone right, we'd be flying to the stars today

[BillK]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:04 AM, John Grigg  wrote:
> Who is really to blame for what appeared to Carl Sagan, to be at least
> 500 years of lost time and opportunity in the development of human
> science and technology?
>
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> A part of me thinks that an immature and violent 15th century Europe
> (or a Greek world that never fell) with nukes would be a recipe for
> the permanent end of civilization! lol  Perhaps things actually did
> work out for the best, because as it is, we as a race were just barely
> capable of handling the awful responsibilities that come with weapons
> of mass destruction.
>
> What do you think?
>
>


What are doing -starting a discussion at 3 am?   Go to bed!    ;)

Obviously it's all the Muslim's fault.   Stick with the program.


BillK