Have we asked (and answered) this question yet?

[Bob Schroeck]

The latest post to the SMOF panel thread, the one with Yuki, made me think of this, I can't remember if we've ever discussed it, and several searches of the Fenwiki result in no answer.
Is handwavium unique to Earth, or are there other civilizations out there using it?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[M Fnord]

I suppose I'd be shot if I said "that would be telling," yes?

Well, in that case... there is at least one artifact Out There that registers as a handwavium construct *and* is obviously non-human in origin.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

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[Foxboy]

we'd seemed to decide the squidleighs were all hardtech, for what they had... I think.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll