I want to know if the premise for my novel will stand up. It is about an isolated, peace-loving nation that is attacked by an alliance of warlike nations. The peaceful nation's only advantage is that it is much more technologically advanced than the attackers.
2006-11-13 01:42:30 · 3 answers · asked by The Gadfly 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Boots: Send me an email so that I can let you know when it is published. I will be soon.
2006-11-13 02:18:10 · update #1
Well, wars usually take the smartest people for use in their "think-tanks", which are targets of importance to an enemy. A peacful society would probably use their intelligence to make their lives better, and without strife, or fear of violence, they would be able to turn their minds to "bigger and better" worthwhile endeavors. Space flight, exploration of the oceans, whatever. Good luck on your novel, I look forward to reading it when it hits the book-stores!
2006-11-13 01:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by boots 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think there is necessarily a connection. There are both technologically advanced and "primitive" countries on both sides (peace-loving and war-loving).
2006-11-13 02:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by undir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it holds up. i think its a total myth that wars advance technology. if it costs the u.s. billions of dollars to fight a war in kuwait in 1990 and all we get out of it is an annoying cell phone, then don't you think that just a fraction of those billions of dollars could have done the same thing?
2006-11-13 01:46:34 · answer #3 · answered by domangelo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋