02-24-2011, 07:59 AM
Any society will use the latest technology that is available to it. That is why contact with an advanced culture ivariably modifies/changes/destroys a less advanced culture. It is the way of the world.
When exposed to Cook's technology what was the Hawaiian response.
Was it rejected or embraced? A nail and a hammer beats cordage in a lot of situations. Black powder and a musket trumps a spear any day.
If the Ancient Hawaiians had access to the TMT technology would they have used it? Where would they have put it?
I believe they, nay any ancient culture would have used it. They might have thought it was magic, but they would have gotten over it and used it for everything they could think of. And where would it have been placed? On the top of the highest mountain of course.
As for military use....well everything finds it's way into or out of the military, save love, so it is nothing new if/when it happens. Again the way of humanity.
When exposed to Cook's technology what was the Hawaiian response.
Was it rejected or embraced? A nail and a hammer beats cordage in a lot of situations. Black powder and a musket trumps a spear any day.
If the Ancient Hawaiians had access to the TMT technology would they have used it? Where would they have put it?
I believe they, nay any ancient culture would have used it. They might have thought it was magic, but they would have gotten over it and used it for everything they could think of. And where would it have been placed? On the top of the highest mountain of course.
As for military use....well everything finds it's way into or out of the military, save love, so it is nothing new if/when it happens. Again the way of humanity.