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[Fniff]

And this is why I'm building a machine that automatically causes aggression in any creature around it, then dumping it into the Pony Dimension for kicks, with a camera-bot attached. Scientific progress ho! The reality TV show is just an addition.

[Zangi]

You call that addition extra funding for further !SCIENCE! in the ponyverse.

[TheBronzePickle]

But Fniff, what if Pinkie's friends get hurt? I don't think she'd forgive you for that very easily.

[Fniff]

Hmph. Plenty of alternate universes to go around. Friends for all.

[lyn]

They have scientific drive, but they have no real need for invention beyond what they have. Even the ones who would be interested in developing new technology can't get the funding.

Humanity would have developed a hell of a lot more slowly if we never had wars. We've developed a good 70% of our technology as a way to defend ourselves from the advantages of our enemies as well as to kill them better. After the tech was developed though military spending, it became cheaper and was improved through the civilian market. Ponies have no military and no apparent budget for technological development, and the civilian market isn't getting much to build upon.

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Yes. But my point is that with cutie pox, you immediately gain perfect knowledge of a certain subject. (see french)
If anypony would now gain a scientific cutiemark via the pox, then what stops it from writing down infinite knowledge, effectively catapulting ponyscience towards the highest of technologies in at the very least one area?
They do not need wars, because the cutie pox reveal infinite technology and knowledge.

And things like the telescope and the machine Twilight used on Pinky Pie clearly show that they are indeed inventive and spending money on it.

My question is: Why only 'primitive' inventions if they should, theoretically, have incredible knowledge in at least one area?

/edit: Thinking about it, whatever Twilight used on Pinky Pie could very much be one of these inventions.

[Dsarker]

Because they don't care.

[Crazy Cow]

Proves how useful humans would be to ponies.
Ponies simply don't think like that; we do.

[TheBronzePickle]

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Yes. But my point is that with cutie pox, you immediately gain perfect knowledge of a certain subject. (see french)
If anypony would now gain a scientific cutiemark via the pox, then what stops it from writing down infinite knowledge, effectively catapulting ponyscience towards the highest of technologies in at the very least one area?
They do not need wars, because the cutie pox reveal infinite technology and knowledge.

And things like the telescope and the machine Twilight used on Pinky Pie clearly show that they are indeed inventive and spending money on it.

My question is: Why only 'primitive' inventions if they should, theoretically, have incredible knowledge in at least one area?

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If Applebloom is anything to go by, absolutely none of the cutie pox marks gave anything particularly useful. Even if it did, the other marks would likely make it useless to try and make it effective, since the victim would likely have no way to record the knowlege they were temporarily given.

Ponies would probably be kinda interested in us. Once they got bored, though, they'd pretty much ignore us unless populations and cultures started blending (and not just a handful of curious ponies or humans willing to drop everything and switch worlds). Humans would probably be similar in standpoint. No advanced tech means nothing to gain from cultural study, and while precious gems are certainly pretty, the pony world seems to have few resources we'd really put industrial value on. Humans might move just to get to a more pristine and less populated world, but that's about it.

[Flying Dice]

Just out of curiosity, are we still all engaged in a certain thing, and people have just been busy, or did I miss a link to a gdoc discussion somewhere?

Also:

Note on new stories: The pre-read queue is pretty backed up right now, so expect some delays on stories being reviewed. The best way to get through it quickly, is to submit something fully edited and ready for posting

[TheBronzePickle]

I've been wondering about that as well.

I'm guessing that EqD either forgot about us, heard about the plan and are for some reason giving us the silent treatment, or are just swamped with work at the moment.

[Flying Dice]

I've been wondering about that as well.

I'm guessing that EqD either forgot about us, heard about the plan and are for some reason giving us the silent treatment, or are just swamped with work at the moment.

See my above post. This was in the an update just a little while ago:

Note on new stories: The pre-read queue is pretty backed up right now, so expect some delays on stories being reviewed. The best way to get through it quickly, is to submit something fully edited and ready for posting

[TheBronzePickle]

Ah. Makes sense.

Here's hoping those other two options don't come into play.

[MC Dirty]

Talking about collaborative fanfic, who exactly is participating in Fniff's RP right now? Or is it just a story written by Fniff and Fniff alone? I'm not sure, you never made it quite clear, so... yeah.

[TheBronzePickle]

I'm playing as Pinkie Pie and have recently taken over Hazel. He plays Fniff and Tom, the latter of whom I sometimes take over when I think of something funny for him to say. He usually also plays anyone else, but apparently Armok will be joining in next session.

[Flying Dice]

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Huge amounts of d'aww, but really depressing too. Mixed emotions, hnng.

Also, try to find Pinkie.