[Robert's voice is tired, dull and sad (probably due to events that haven't happened yet ICly), but this question pings him enough to talk to the strange person.]
There appears to be little l-logical explanation for the... s-state of the technology here.
Most n-notably, the Battle Dome's clinic only c-contains "twenty-first century" medical t-technology.
[It may be evident from the disgust creeping into Robert's tone that this has been a problem more than once.]
[Voice] - I feel like I'm making a collection with you...curiousgeniusJune 6 2011, 18:35:39 UTC
[How rude, Robert. Strange person, he's the one from an utopic world where any kind of violence is impossible to understand.]
Uhm, the twenty-first century is ages in the future for me, but I know for a fact that most of the technology here is, at the best case, outdated in my planet. The teleporters are the thing that approaches most, but they are still a way to go, same with the battle dome.
[She notices that disgust and she can't help to match it. Right now she feels that it would have been better to have no technology at all rather than this "yes but no" they have. Dealing with no technology is easier than dealing with old technology after all.]
So, what's the explanation? Or is it just a scientific way to cap our technological capacities? I read that there's a power cap of sorts that makes people only around half as strong as they would normally be.
[And Goku still feels monstrous, she doesn't want to know how he must be outside of the barrier.]
[Voice] - A collection? o/`semper_cogitansJune 6 2011, 21:46:21 UTC
["Strange" in the sense of "haven't talked to before", mostly. And Robert knows he qualifies as strange by most Lucetian standards, by this point.]
T-time periods seem to be... r-rather inconsequential h-here. It s-seems that different multiversions have... d-different standards for t-technological growth and c-culture relative to their i-individual time frames...
... Most of the technology here is... o-outdated for me as well, though the t-teleporters would d-defy physics.
[Robert's tone is a bit helpless at the next part.] Like a-anything else they do, there is no r-real explanation. Presumably they... might have ch-chose technology that the majority of L-Lucetians would... i-identify with. C-Considering where m-most of us come from...
... But I t-truly do not know, other than that... J-just that most advanced mechanisms here are difficult to c-construct due to a lack of r-resources.
[He exhales shakily. This is giving him something to focus on, but nothing can obliterate the pain of the last few days...]
[Voice] - 3 out of 6 of my chars are talking to Robert right now xDcuriousgeniusJune 7 2011, 19:56:38 UTC
I see... I suppose that then if for you the technology there is from the twenty first century, the technology level you would expect from my world would be minimal, then. It's a bit amusing.
[She giggles.]
We don't use teleporters in my world, but I know they can be done. Though I agree that they defy physics. But so do time machines or watches that reduce your size down to the same size of a toy.
[Bulma hums as he continues. She is noticing that he seems to have problems with talking, but she can't know why. She could ask but it seems rude, normally she doesn't have many problems with being rude but she's still settling down and doesn't want to create a negative image. So for now she lets it slip, though she will inquiry if she feels it's getting too noticeable to be ignored.]When you say "where most of us come from", do you refer to a planet with human habitants? I've noticed that most of the people here have the same appearance as humans, but from experience I know it doesn't mean we all come from similar planets or even
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[Voice] - oh pfft I actually had to look that up to realizesemper_cogitansJune 8 2011, 04:57:53 UTC
W-Well, at this point I have... abandoned my p-prior misconceptions of how the t-time of d-different multiversions relates to my own...
M-most places are very different from Terra. For e-example, there are p-paranormal elements in L-Luceti - and many other worlds - that d-do not exist in my own multiverse at all.
... Time machines...? Size manipulation devices...? [Now those are things Terra does not have - again, because of the fact they defy conventional physics.
And Robert will explain if asked, though he'll be embarrassed and sad most likely... that won't stop him from giving a coherent explanation, though. Not much would, really.]
Well, m-most Lucetians seem to be Homo sapiens of a s-sort, and many are from the s-same general cluster of pre-Terran multiversions - "Earth", they c-call it, usually...
... But you are r-right, there are people who c-come from outside of those p-parameters as well. Even a few h-hominid sapients... though I kn-know very little about that.
That's a logical stance, actually one can't even really think that time of different planets in the same universe relates from one planet to another. Specially seeing how some civilizations may have several calendars over the course of their history.
[She doubts the Namekians are counting years now continuing from the count of their old planet. But it may be possible, then again they are so pacific and rural that it's wouldn't be strange to be told that they are in their first century yet or whatever.]
Paranormal elements, you mean like ghosts and the like, right? There's none of those at your world then? Or is it just that their existence hasn't been proved nor denied yet?
[It's logical enough to Robert, anyway. Though in his current state - fretting constantly about the safety of his drafted friends - logic is harder to come by.]
Th-there are... none, as far as a-anybody is aware.
Though one cannot... prove a n-negative. [Still, he's strongly inclined to say that there isn't any, especially given the evidence of Luceti itself.]
So their existence hasn't been proved or denied. And there aren't even stories of anything like that happening? Even if they can't be proved true or not?
General adoption? What do you mean, science and reason weren't used before?
[The idea that science may not be accepted somewhere is mind blowing for her. Sure there are always rural areas but those are different, it's not denial it's ignorance. On the other hand she also can't imagine how science would immediately negate any magic or such from existing. Come on, she has built machines to track down magical devices, it's pretty obvious for her there's no need for both concepts to fight each other.]
Seeing what the base of Luceti's existence seems to be I'm not surprised about anyone's physics differing in here from everyone else's.
Oh, they w-were, of course. But... not as ubiquitously. S-Simply put, much of the ignorance of pre-Terran humans was... discarded.
[For Robert, the idea that magic and science are somehow compatible is only one that he developed after being in Luceti, and seeing other worlds' magic as some form of physics-variation.
... His own world simply can't support magic.]
W-Well... I have some d-direct evidence, albeit I... should probably repeat that experiment before... drawing conclusions.
There appears to be little l-logical explanation for the... s-state of the technology here.
Most n-notably, the Battle Dome's clinic only c-contains "twenty-first century" medical t-technology.
[It may be evident from the disgust creeping into Robert's tone that this has been a problem more than once.]
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Uhm, the twenty-first century is ages in the future for me, but I know for a fact that most of the technology here is, at the best case, outdated in my planet. The teleporters are the thing that approaches most, but they are still a way to go, same with the battle dome.
[She notices that disgust and she can't help to match it. Right now she feels that it would have been better to have no technology at all rather than this "yes but no" they have. Dealing with no technology is easier than dealing with old technology after all.]
So, what's the explanation? Or is it just a scientific way to cap our technological capacities? I read that there's a power cap of sorts that makes people only around half as strong as they would normally be.
[And Goku still feels monstrous, she doesn't want to know how he must be outside of the barrier.]
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T-time periods seem to be... r-rather inconsequential h-here. It s-seems that different multiversions have... d-different standards for t-technological growth and c-culture relative to their i-individual time frames...
... Most of the technology here is... o-outdated for me as well, though the t-teleporters would d-defy physics.
[Robert's tone is a bit helpless at the next part.] Like a-anything else they do, there is no r-real explanation. Presumably they... might have ch-chose technology that the majority of L-Lucetians would... i-identify with. C-Considering where m-most of us come from...
... But I t-truly do not know, other than that... J-just that most advanced mechanisms here are difficult to c-construct due to a lack of r-resources.
[He exhales shakily. This is giving him something to focus on, but nothing can obliterate the pain of the last few days...]
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[She giggles.]
We don't use teleporters in my world, but I know they can be done. Though I agree that they defy physics. But so do time machines or watches that reduce your size down to the same size of a toy.
[Bulma hums as he continues. She is noticing that he seems to have problems with talking, but she can't know why. She could ask but it seems rude, normally she doesn't have many problems with being rude but she's still settling down and doesn't want to create a negative image. So for now she lets it slip, though she will inquiry if she feels it's getting too noticeable to be ignored.]When you say "where most of us come from", do you refer to a planet with human habitants? I've noticed that most of the people here have the same appearance as humans, but from experience I know it doesn't mean we all come from similar planets or even ( ... )
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M-most places are very different from Terra. For e-example, there are p-paranormal elements in L-Luceti - and many other worlds - that d-do not exist in my own multiverse at all.
... Time machines...? Size manipulation devices...? [Now those are things Terra does not have - again, because of the fact they defy conventional physics.
And Robert will explain if asked, though he'll be embarrassed and sad most likely... that won't stop him from giving a coherent explanation, though. Not much would, really.]
Well, m-most Lucetians seem to be Homo sapiens of a s-sort, and many are from the s-same general cluster of pre-Terran multiversions - "Earth", they c-call it, usually...
... But you are r-right, there are people who c-come from outside of those p-parameters as well. Even a few h-hominid sapients... though I kn-know very little about that.
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[She doubts the Namekians are counting years now continuing from the count of their old planet. But it may be possible, then again they are so pacific and rural that it's wouldn't be strange to be told that they are in their first century yet or whatever.]
Paranormal elements, you mean like ghosts and the like, right? There's none of those at your world then? Or is it just that their existence hasn't been proved nor denied yet?
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Th-there are... none, as far as a-anybody is aware.
Though one cannot... prove a n-negative. [Still, he's strongly inclined to say that there isn't any, especially given the evidence of Luceti itself.]
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[Which, to him, seems to indicate a possible correlation.]
Th-that, and my physics have been... demonstrated to differ, h-here in Luceti.
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[The idea that science may not be accepted somewhere is mind blowing for her. Sure there are always rural areas but those are different, it's not denial it's ignorance. On the other hand she also can't imagine how science would immediately negate any magic or such from existing. Come on, she has built machines to track down magical devices, it's pretty obvious for her there's no need for both concepts to fight each other.]
Seeing what the base of Luceti's existence seems to be I'm not surprised about anyone's physics differing in here from everyone else's.
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[For Robert, the idea that magic and science are somehow compatible is only one that he developed after being in Luceti, and seeing other worlds' magic as some form of physics-variation.
... His own world simply can't support magic.]
W-Well... I have some d-direct evidence, albeit I... should probably repeat that experiment before... drawing conclusions.
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