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by clouddrover 2581 days ago
Pure fantasy. The only real advance in the last 400 years has been the development of an organised, systematic approach to science. The scientific method has driven all development. And the science says we're not travelling between stars any time soon.
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There was similar attitude at the end of the 19th century - some people thought all major scientific discoveries had already been made.