| >> | Аноним Пятница 06 Апр 2018 16:26:57 Пт 06 Апр 2018 16:26
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Отрадно, что фурри так мало живут.
You've never known a galaxy without humans. It is hard to imagine, isn't it? They are so ingrained in every part of life in the galaxy today. I haven't either, but it is my duty as historian to know and tell you how it came to be. It was just 25 generations ago that our surveys first encountered their ships.
You of course know about the history of your species. You know the achievements of your ancient scientists and luminaries. A chain of brilliant minds, slowly chipping at the secrets of the universe. You probably don't know the history of the humans, do you?
You'd be excused if you didn't know about Isaac Newton, who invented calculus. He invented calculus so he could study motions of the heavens. You see, he also discovered the laws of motion and gravitation. He advanced optics, invented the first reflective telescope and discovered the spectrum of light. He formulated law of heat transfer. He discovered fluid dynamics. Invented method of approximating roots of functions and even implemented the most extensive currency reform his country had seen.
I can see the stunned disbelief in your faces. Any single one of these could be the culmination of an entire life's work of any of our brightest minds. I have not made an error, there is a verifiable historic record for him to have done all of these things. And he was not alone, another, Albert Einstein discovered relativity, the photoelectric effect, and made numerous advances in statistical mechanics, particle theory and quantum physics.
The humans have estimated that Newton's "Intelligence Quotient" was 190. Einstein's IQ was 160. Harmonized with the galactic measures of intelligence, these two people would score slightly above average and slightly below average.
Stop shaking your head. I know what you're thinking. Yes, that means that you are likely as smart as the smartest humans who have ever lived. In fact, almost every human you have ever met would be classified as having a learning disability, if not outright moderate mental retardation by the standards of any of your worlds.
How could a species like this ever have even got the stars, let alone become so ubiquitous that you'd be hard pressed to not to bump into a human even in the most remotest of outposts, I hear you ask. Have you ever asked a human how old he was? No. Of course you haven't, that would be the height of rudeness for you'd be implying that they would be soon to die. I will have to be tactless now and reveal that I, myself, am [seven years] old. I know, I know, you don't have to say that I don't look that old. But the truth is that I am already living on life extension treatment and will likely die within the year.
Do you know what the human shipping clerk in the shuttle bay receivings—you know who I am talking about—was doing when he was ten standard years old, seven of their years? He was barely learning the alphabet of his language. He didn't leave school until he was [21 years] old. Yes. Even the lowliest human shipping clerk has been in school for longer than any two of you will be alive.
You see, humans are the slow people. They are the red dwarfs of the Universe, dim and dull, yet in the end they will outshine all the bright giants combined, for the giants burn so bright that their lives are mere flashes against the backdrop of their steady shine.
Isaac Newton lived to [84 years]. Albert Einstein, [76]. And with their current life extension treatments, Mr. Stephenson in receivings will most likely live to [120 years]. What could you accomplish with 12 lifetimes? This, is how the humans have inherited the galaxy.
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