I'll just repeat what I said in that thread:
And you know, I still stand by this. The use of handwavium shouldn't be restricted by something like "imagination" or "bureaucratic mindset" because that's kind of dumb. If anything, mundanes are just as willing to use it but they have different priorities than fen, therefore they get different results.
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Me Wrote:Originally, handwavium was going to have greater penetration in the non-Fen population than what shows right now, but the thing was because the rest of the world wasn't that gung-ho about space travel they'd use it for more prosaic things like clean energy and ending hunger, stuff like that. That got lost by the wayside in the initial zergrush.
And you know, I still stand by this. The use of handwavium shouldn't be restricted by something like "imagination" or "bureaucratic mindset" because that's kind of dumb. If anything, mundanes are just as willing to use it but they have different priorities than fen, therefore they get different results.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"