On that note, why do we assume the human wouldn’t quickly adjust? My grandma went from horse carriages to getting upset if Netflix isn’t working
Yeah, they’d be like “holy fuck, what is that shiny rectangle with shifting text???” But if everyone around them was just like “yeah, it’s a phone, they’re pretty great and everyone has them, check out these neat videos of humans doing incredible things” they’d be shocked, maybe afraid, maybe entranced… And 5 years later, they’d have a phone too and probably fit in with an unusual appreciation for random conveniences
Culture shock can hit us fucking hard. Take in the factor that suddenly you’re 150 years apart from everything you’ve ever known and loved. Hell, at that point, the best chance for a recognizable living face is, what, certain species of tortoise?
We’re an adaptable species, don’t get me wrong, but that’s 150 years of urban, technological, and cultural development that, from a time travellers point of view, probably feels like it happened nigh instantly.
Oh sure… But basically you’re burning the boats. Everyone you know is dead, now you either integrate or die. There’s no going back, only forward
I’m not saying it would be seamless or wouldn’t cause issues, but humans naturally readjust to the people around them. Assuming they got some support integrating, their values and habits would quickly move towards the average. And the average for us is a huge range depending on culture, subculture, and even online microcultures
They probably would try to return to places that no longer exist.
We’ve done A LOT of environmental damage in that time.
Hell there’s a species of bird that we see in my area that has a migratory route though a lake that’s expected to fully dry up by 2050. When that lake is gone they’ll no longer be in the area as it’s the only salt water lake in our state. Their migratory path will be broken. It’s fucking heartbreaking.
Would a duck from 150 years ago be okay? Like, yeah, we got lakes, but 150 years is a long time for humans to encroach on migratory routes and lands.
Would they possibly try to return to somewhere that no longer exists in the state it did in their proper time?
On that note, why do we assume the human wouldn’t quickly adjust? My grandma went from horse carriages to getting upset if Netflix isn’t working
Yeah, they’d be like “holy fuck, what is that shiny rectangle with shifting text???” But if everyone around them was just like “yeah, it’s a phone, they’re pretty great and everyone has them, check out these neat videos of humans doing incredible things” they’d be shocked, maybe afraid, maybe entranced… And 5 years later, they’d have a phone too and probably fit in with an unusual appreciation for random conveniences
Culture shock can hit us fucking hard. Take in the factor that suddenly you’re 150 years apart from everything you’ve ever known and loved. Hell, at that point, the best chance for a recognizable living face is, what, certain species of tortoise?
We’re an adaptable species, don’t get me wrong, but that’s 150 years of urban, technological, and cultural development that, from a time travellers point of view, probably feels like it happened nigh instantly.
Oh sure… But basically you’re burning the boats. Everyone you know is dead, now you either integrate or die. There’s no going back, only forward
I’m not saying it would be seamless or wouldn’t cause issues, but humans naturally readjust to the people around them. Assuming they got some support integrating, their values and habits would quickly move towards the average. And the average for us is a huge range depending on culture, subculture, and even online microcultures
They probably would try to return to places that no longer exist.
We’ve done A LOT of environmental damage in that time.
Hell there’s a species of bird that we see in my area that has a migratory route though a lake that’s expected to fully dry up by 2050. When that lake is gone they’ll no longer be in the area as it’s the only salt water lake in our state. Their migratory path will be broken. It’s fucking heartbreaking.