We'd probably have a well established colony on Mars if it weren't for the Nixon administration. <G>
But I agree that the loss of knowledge during the Dark Ages and destruction of various libraries set us way back in terms of scientific advances. Although I suspect we could catch up fast if we had access to Vatican Library. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've heard it said that we still haven't recovered all the engineering > knowledge that was lost in the various fires in the Library of > Alexandria. Also I'm sure we'd have a well established colony on Mars by > now if it weren't for the dark ages. We'd probably have several of them > in fact, and some mining outposts in the asteroid belt to boot. 800 > years is a long time for scientific progress to be slowed to a near > stand still. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329651 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
