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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8430116" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>I'm not sure what exactly you are responding to (the random mention of Arabic Astronomers hints this is a response, not just a random post) But I thin your claim is HIGHLY suspect. For example, we find this in the Wiki for Chinese Astronomy. "The Chinese often were fundamentally opposed to this as well, since the Chinese had long believed (from the ancient doctrine of Xuan Ye) that the celestial bodies floated in a void of infinite space." Xuan Ye doctrine seems to date back to 285. The Indian Astronomers also seemed to believe something similar since about 1030. And I can't say for certain, but I'm sure the Mayans who were ridiculous astronomers also had a view that did not follow the "holes in a dome" theory. </p><p></p><p>And even if we ignore the scientists and sages, we have to remember that the VAST MAJORITY of people believed in myths. Myths of all sorts mark the stars as beings in the sky. Chinese myths have them as celestial beings, Aztec myths have them as evil siblings of the sun, I'm pretty sure the idea of them being dead souls or angels was incredibly popular. So... I'd say at no point in human history did the VAST MAJORITY of people one Earth believe in that "holes in a dome" theory.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't disagree with this, but I have to say Steampunk is pretty "laid back" as far as genre elements go. It is really easy to build things out of copper or brass with pipes, or have a Victorian Europe sort of aesthetic to the culture Just a personal opinion, but if you are going to try and blend something, Steampunk blends well with a lot of other things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8430116, member: 6801228"] I'm not sure what exactly you are responding to (the random mention of Arabic Astronomers hints this is a response, not just a random post) But I thin your claim is HIGHLY suspect. For example, we find this in the Wiki for Chinese Astronomy. "The Chinese often were fundamentally opposed to this as well, since the Chinese had long believed (from the ancient doctrine of Xuan Ye) that the celestial bodies floated in a void of infinite space." Xuan Ye doctrine seems to date back to 285. The Indian Astronomers also seemed to believe something similar since about 1030. And I can't say for certain, but I'm sure the Mayans who were ridiculous astronomers also had a view that did not follow the "holes in a dome" theory. And even if we ignore the scientists and sages, we have to remember that the VAST MAJORITY of people believed in myths. Myths of all sorts mark the stars as beings in the sky. Chinese myths have them as celestial beings, Aztec myths have them as evil siblings of the sun, I'm pretty sure the idea of them being dead souls or angels was incredibly popular. So... I'd say at no point in human history did the VAST MAJORITY of people one Earth believe in that "holes in a dome" theory. I don't disagree with this, but I have to say Steampunk is pretty "laid back" as far as genre elements go. It is really easy to build things out of copper or brass with pipes, or have a Victorian Europe sort of aesthetic to the culture Just a personal opinion, but if you are going to try and blend something, Steampunk blends well with a lot of other things. [/QUOTE]
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