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Sep 3, 2018 at 13:41 comment added Jiminion I think you could get to flight, perhaps even spaceflight without electricity. Computing would be a problem, but mechanical computers could eventually be developed. Look at the Curta computer and the recent implementations of Babbage computers. Biggest problem would be communication, either wired or wireless. That would hold things back, as even telegraph was widely used in the mid-19th century.
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Jun 5, 2017 at 10:18 comment added user You may want to add the electricity and explosions tags.
Jun 5, 2017 at 10:18 comment added user Related: What would happen if electricity stopped working?
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Jun 5, 2017 at 9:13 comment added dot_Sp0T Please take the time to extract the most important things from your narrative and list them in a short paragraph or even better a list. While it may be entertaining to read, if is ultimately more of a hindrance for understanding the question..
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Jun 5, 2017 at 0:51 comment added Isaac Kotlicky So... while electricity is specific enough, can we use kerosene? what about crude oil? you haven't prohibited distillation, so wouldn't that leave us gasoline, which is explosive? where are we drawing the line? I really suggest you edit your question to provide the necessary parameters of your scenario so you can receive meaningful answers.
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Jun 5, 2017 at 0:09 comment added user15036 @Amadeus The point of adding hard science is that outside of the backstory , the people cannot use magic. I want to know how far technology wise the people in my setting can advance without electricity and explosives.
Jun 5, 2017 at 0:04 comment added user15036 @ Isaac Kotlicky Wow , thank you :) . As per your question , Only knowledge of how to produce / harness explosive have been removed , and usefully large amounts of electricity.
Jun 4, 2017 at 23:58 comment added Amadeus Due to several issues like @IsaacKotlicky identifies; I fail to see how to give a hard-science question that fits into this magical scheme. Our hearts depend upon electrical impulses, as do our nerves and brain. Without electricity, our civilization makes very little progress once our brains, hearts and muscles all cease operation. What in this story prohibits Electricity? Did you mean "Lightning" or "Lighting"? Does removal of all knowledge of explosives prohibit its rediscovery? Why can't I have electricity without lightning? We don't depend on it IRL.
Jun 4, 2017 at 23:23 comment added Isaac Kotlicky @JDługosz I don't read this as a sociology question, I read this as "What limits does this place on technology and, coincidentally, human advancement?" For instance, fire and steam are possible, but it appears electricity generation isn't. Lightning (somehow) doesn't transfer useful electricity, so how does this limit development?
Jun 4, 2017 at 23:12 comment added JDługosz I seriously doubt you will get properly hard-science answers to a sociology question. To would-be answerers, please read this first!
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Jun 4, 2017 at 23:09 comment added JDługosz See Lesson 3. If it's pointless, why does it come first in the post? Finally, no space before comma, please.
Jun 4, 2017 at 22:25 comment added Isaac Kotlicky For instance, that means decoupling magnetism from electric field generation, plants couldn't engage in photosynthesis, since that depends on generating free electrons from photon absorption, electric eels couldn't exist, etc... just how far are we taking this?
Jun 4, 2017 at 22:22 comment added Isaac Kotlicky Love the narrative... to clarify, are you saying that nothing can undergo rapid oxidation? And that there is no means to generate electricity (no electromagnetic, photoelectric, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, static electric effects)? That's basically a lot of biological processes ruled out...
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