tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post8731874525988394878..comments2024-03-28T08:58:30.675-04:00Comments on Passion for the Past: Time-Travel ReversalHistorical Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-70366852983150830842012-10-16T15:16:59.877-04:002012-10-16T15:16:59.877-04:00I bet they would wonder how did everyone get so fa...I bet they would wonder how did everyone get so fat with no food being produced in their 1/4 acre backyard.the bee guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141798584758481769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-562161522737007952012-10-16T13:10:40.013-04:002012-10-16T13:10:40.013-04:00I think folks like Ben Franklin and James Watt and...I think folks like Ben Franklin and James Watt and Robert Fulton and Cyrus McCormick and so on could handle the present fairly well. Probably even John Jacob Astor (quite a visionary). But most "common folk" would probably suffer serial anxiety attacks until they found refuge in a living history community somewhere. Or an Amish neighborhood!<br />Daibhrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848236010113334045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-15809822319071022032012-10-15T15:04:48.642-04:002012-10-15T15:04:48.642-04:00Hmmm...Daibhre, interesting. But, given the time p...Hmmm...Daibhre, interesting. But, given the time period in which Newton lived I can understand his thoughts on the very futuristic calculator being the work of the devil or some entity of possible magic.<br />Interesting - thanks for posting.<br />Christine - Have you ever written down the top 10 life-changing things/happenings in the world within your lifetime? And then compare that to the top 10 of your great grandmother's time and compare.<br />Mary - I posted a 'then-andnow' post a while back that reminds me of what you wrote here: http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-unique-way-of-bringing-past-to-life.html<br /><br />Thanks all for taking the time to post a comment. I do appreciate it.Historical Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979801752112100293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-655048027928705142012-10-15T12:59:46.328-04:002012-10-15T12:59:46.328-04:00(Long post here. Sorry.) I once read a short story...(Long post here. Sorry.) I once read a short story - a speculative exercise - about a guy who admired Isaac Newton to the point of hero-worship. He was distressed that Sir Isaac had a sudden revelatory experience at which point he gave up science entirely. "If only he had had a simple pocket calculator," sez he. "Think of all the great things he could have discovered, and might have stuck with his mathematical research." So he built himself a time machine (yes, he did) and went back to give Isaac Newton a hand calculator. He found Sir Isaac in his library working diligently on some equation or other, and without preamble, revealed the calculator to the learned genius. After a few seconds of shock, the great mathematician declared, "This is obviously the work of the Devil! Get thee gone!" And Isaac Newton gave up his scientific studies there and then.Daibhrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848236010113334045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451385109293718.post-39648469014068514762012-10-15T00:11:34.441-04:002012-10-15T00:11:34.441-04:00I love it, great post! I've often though of th...I love it, great post! I've often though of those folks near 100 years old and wondered what changes they've seen in their lifetimes. It is easy to think about how much we didn't know when even I was a child. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17995851593213427196noreply@blogger.com