How come when something is invented or an achievement is made, every other human seems to be able to get amazing at it super quick. Reusable rockets were impossible, you’d die if you run 100 miles, etc.

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How come when something is invented or an achievement is made, every other human seems to be able to get amazing at it super quick. Reusable rockets were impossible, you’d die if you run 100 miles, etc.

In: Technology

Answer 1

Those things were clearly not impossible and we just lacked a deep understanding of what it takes to achieve it. You won’t hear rocket engineer today say that an space elevator is impossible but it’s not to weird to expect a normal engineer from 100 years ago say it is, he just lacked the knowledge. But when you have someone who is an actual educated expert on something like a physicist say that faster than light travel is impossible it’s not and random guess but an statement that comes from having the knowledge.