I think understand that the concept of a pointy thing on a long stick is universal, hence spears, but how did almost every culture, even isolated ones, think to develop bows and arrows? We see these from Europe to Africa to Asia to the Americas and even the Sentinelese, so what gives?
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We, as a species, have been throwing shit at fast speed to kill something since the dawn of time
We started with rocks, used arms, this is great and all, but range and power is limited.
Then came the slings, spinning a rock built up more kinetic energy than just throwing, achieving more distance.
And then the bow came, offering a MASSIVE increase in range, so naturally, if I am using sling and sees your bows, I would copy it, this in turn lead to wide usage.
Guns, is basically removing the human component, and instead, turn to chemical reaction to provide the energy to sling rocks at very fast speed.
Railgun, is basically using magnetic force to sling rocks at super fast speed.
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