Re: I think I've never seen a sci-fi movie where ...
Rob Cypher
wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:52:43PM -0600, Paul Jamison wrote:
>>
>> "Rev.Dr. LoBotomy" <e...@NOSEPAMdrlobotomy.net> wrote in message
>> news:0083f3b1$0$23490$c3e...@news.astraweb.com...
>> > On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:06 +0000, IMBJR wrote:
>> >
>> >> They decided a planet had rings that could be seen like this:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2sQ7KIQ-E
>> >>
>> >> ======================================== http://www.imbjr.com
>> >
>> > It looks like the guy did his homework. The Roche limit is the distance
>> > from the earth where the earth's tidal forces would tear a large body
>> > apart. The earth did have ring(s) at some point after the collision that
>> > created the Moon.
>>
>> Impressive. I wonder how the existence of planetary rings like these would
>> affect the development of civlization. Would scientific enquiry develop even
>> sooner - "where did they come from"? Or would superstition - "the riings in
>> the sky *obviously* are artificial" - hold sway over humankind a lot longer
>> and be more prevalent today, instead of being confined to such backward
>> places as Iran and Tennessee? Sounds like good fodder for a story.
>
>There would be two differences. Naturally the priests would be forced
>to deny their existence altogether. Secondly, they would create an
>army of unstoppable zealots and send them to crush anyone who defied
>the church and dared to see the rings.
No one really thinks the Moon or any other normal local celestial phenomena is
"artificial", or has for hundreds of years. Why would they think anything
different about rings in the sky, if they've been there since prehistory?
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