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  1. Could 'Aristotle and the gun' have ended better?

    Ok, this question is probably not formulated clearly enough.:o Let me rephrase it. A. The time traveler believes that the influential Aristotle's lack of interest in experiment had retarded scientific progress through much of subsequent history. Do think this assumption is correct? B. If you...
  2. Could 'Aristotle and the gun' have ended better?

    I presume you all have read the story Aristotle and the gun by L. Sprague de Camp ? I reread it a few weeks ago and kept wondering if it would be at all possible for the time traveler to reach his goal? Namely to come back to the present and find an advanced society? Anyone any ideas what he...
  3. A Palin what if.

    No I certainly did not. It was clear that for a few minutes he didn't know what to do. But how you interpret his behaviour is up to the viewer, we will never know for sure know what he felt. It was just an example what a situation can do to a person even high in rank. The scenario I thought is...
  4. A Palin what if.

    In general I'm quite motivated to try it again, thanks :confused:
  5. A Palin what if.

    24th August 2010: Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell the new Staff Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looked aside as the demonstrators were showing their posters "Out of Afghanistan: Out of Pakistan" "No more war". He stepped up the stairs of the Capital and took a deep breath. Although attacked...
  6. A Palin what if.

    20th June 2009: U.S. President Sarah Palin answered the last question on the White House press conference and was tired of it. All those stupid reporters. What was the big deal anyway? Employing an additional 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan over a period of six months wouldn't escalate the...
  7. A Palin what if.

    10th October 2008: Sarah Palin was looking in the camera like a scared bunny. She just heard that senator McCain was shot by a radical left wing activist. A small tear formed and followed the line of her cheek. Then another and then some more, but she overcame it and looking up in the camera...
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