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<blockquote data-quote="Alcareru" data-source="post: 1421584" data-attributes="member: 14718">I wouldnt agree necessarily with this. A dominant group could still find reasons, however irrational to exclude others. Wizards could keep sorcerers in a socially inferior position, elves think themselvs the true masters of the city and put legal barriers to other races, especially half breeds.&nbsp;Also, playing devils advocate, just because you have all this wonderful magic around doesnt mean it would be used in a beneficial way. Or that people would &quot;get&quot; the idea to apply it to a mass scale. Our history is full of such examples. In many cases an inventor's creation may not be used until someone else comes along and combines it with other present technology to create something else. James Burke's series Connections is full of examples of this. Technological (or magical) advances doesnt necesarily equal widespread application or acceptance in many societies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alcareru, post: 1421584, member: 14718"] I wouldnt agree necessarily with this. A dominant group could still find reasons, however irrational to exclude others. Wizards could keep sorcerers in a socially inferior position, elves think themselvs the true masters of the city and put legal barriers to other races, especially half breeds. Also, playing devils advocate, just because you have all this wonderful magic around doesnt mean it would be used in a beneficial way. Or that people would "get" the idea to apply it to a mass scale. Our history is full of such examples. In many cases an inventor's creation may not be used until someone else comes along and combines it with other present technology to create something else. James Burke's series [i]Connections[/i] is full of examples of this. Technological (or magical) advances doesnt necesarily equal widespread application or acceptance in many societies. [/QUOTE]

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