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Arthur C. Clark once said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". What technologies do we have today that would look like magic to people from the past? (lemmy.world)

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I think lasers are pretty wack when you think about them through this lens. A small, wand-like object in your hand can make light appear from seemingly nowhere. If it's powerful enough it can set things on fire or blind people. Not to mention larger ones like laser cutters or the LLD, used to destroy missiles midflight. Thats sure to blow some feudal peasant minds

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

High speed rail, they would probably not believe their eyes if they saw a train going by with 300 kmh.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They thought trains would make women's uterus' fly out of their bodies so this tracks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

"Oh bother, my uterus flew out again!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

LOL, can you imagine the pantaloons after an F-22 Raptor does a low altitude flyby?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. Especially pre-industrial revolution. Where trains were either a novelty or completely foreign concepts. Throw in electric rail for extra WTF effect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Mag trains and the level of magnetism utilized today would likely be considered black magic to pre-industrial people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

or even 500kmh

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