why say "astronaut" instead of "modern human"? Why say "caveman" instead of "aboriginal hunter"?
Because modern human doesn't imply former military as Allyson was assuming, and aboriginal hunters would be pretty pissed at being equated with cavemen on many levels.
I say give the astronaut the equipment he'd find in the average garage and he could make a crossbow pretty easily. He could also better create traps for the caveman, who we will coincide is not only a better hunter, but more used to killing.
I don't see it. Why does being an astronaut translate into complex weapon creation and trapping? Why are we conceding that the caveman is more used to killing people?
These days, not all astronauts are military/ex-military.
Astronaut goes to garage. Gets in Hummer. Mows down caveman. The End.
Astronaut goes to garage. Gets in Hummer. Mows down caveman. The End.
Doesn't take a Hummer. Just a Toro.
Both Farscape and Angel say that the cavemen win. That's got to be worth something.
Now that's a scenario where I think you're making the distinct advantages of caveman v. astronaut clear.
I also don't see how astronaut = expert weapons builder. If you put an astronaut and a caveman each in a falling-apart spacecraft, the astronaut's more likely to come back alive (by the simple fact that the caveman is unlikely to know how to read or use duct tape), but that's a different kind of expertise than building a rocket launcher from scratch. Your scenario is essentially Caveman Vs MacGuyver.
Doesn't take a Hummer. Just a Toro.
Or a woodchipper. Or a chainsaw.
Houston, we have a chainsaw massacre.
Even a Yugo would get the job done.
Thanks sumi, but it's just me. -Someone- forgot to log out the last time she used it, and so I accidentally posted my news under her name before fixing it...
Both Farscape and Angel say that the cavemen win.
Crichton was an astronaut! And the astronaut won!
Liquids on a Plane is great. Thanks, flea.
