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    Hinge events that change history.

    This thought came to mind watching something on history channel. What might seem a minor event that has major effect on history.

    The assassination of arch duke Ferdinand that escalated into ww1,and another assassination of a US president that changed the direction of the US(allowing Teddy Roosevelt to become president)

    Just wonder how you see history being changed by some minor(at the time) event.

    Kinda speculation make a best guess about what "Might" happen.
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    The conversion of Constantine...or the untimely death of Julian
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      I love Spike Milligan's take on it all:
      ARCHDUKE FERDINAND ALIVE AND WELL!
      WORLD WAR ONE A MISTAKE!

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        Re: Hinge events that change history.

        This is one of those weird concepts that I tend to shy away from. A lot of people do this is a personal way; if only I hadn't done this or if I'd only done that and people tend to forget that the smallest change can have the most major ripples.

        There's this great two part Star Trek Voyager episode that really demonstrates this called Year of Hell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_Hell

        It's about a ship that exists outside of time and can change time. Of course, the captain of the ship is crazy...because its a show. But it shows this whole ripple effect better than I could ever explain it.

        Though there are things that might seem that they would make the world a better place, it's impossible to really do the math and see everything that was impacted -- especially something huge.

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          Re: Hinge events that change history.

          I might talk about the atomic bomb...and nuclear power supposed to be a good thing. Even something good may end up causing a very bad event.
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            Re: Hinge events that change history.

            The invention of aniline dyes.

            See all that color when you open your eyes?

            It's mostly aniline dyes...

            Before that, color was something for the rich - like royal purple. It was so expensive that only the very, very wealthy could have something besides mud brown.
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              Re: Hinge events that change history.

              Originally posted by Rowanwood View Post
              A lot of people do this is a personal way; if only I hadn't done this or if I'd only done that and people tend to forget that the smallest change can have the most major ripples.

              In the wake of my high school boyfriends' recent death, I've been thinking about this a lot. The events occurring between 8:05 - 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1972 were a deciding factor in everything that's happened since - every choice I've made, everything that's happened since that time goes directly back to my first few minutes of high school, when I met him. And - I wonder how many REALLY small things like that have impacted the entire world - things that went unnoticed as agents of change until much later.

              Of course I can trace things back even more - like how my parent's wouldn't have met if my grandfather had lived longer, etc. It's all an endless tapestry or jigsaw puzzle. Or a jigsaw puzzle OF a tapestry, LOL
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                Re: Hinge events that change history.

                Originally posted by thalassa View Post
                The conversion of Constantine...or the untimely death of Julian
                Paganism may have become the common religion if not for this.


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                  Re: Hinge events that change history.

                  Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
                  Paganism may have become the common religion if not for this.
                  True, but its not the paganism that we know.

                  Slavery and ritual sacrifice might also still be legal.

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                    Re: Hinge events that change history.

                    Originally posted by Rowanwood View Post
                    True, but its not the paganism that we know.

                    Slavery and ritual sacrifice might also still be legal.
                    I'm alright with that.


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                      Someone figure how to reliably produce fire.
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                        Re: Hinge events that change history.

                        Personaly
                        June 2005
                        I lost my child before giving birth. Otherwise i would be the mother of a 9 year old.

                        Historicaly
                        The invention of the wheel. And ww2 we made alot of medical advances due to the holocaust. Tragic and horrid true however no ww2 no holocaust that would have a ripple effect

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                          I always think that minor events aren't always as minor as they seem. Take the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, for example. I'm pretty sure that WWI would have happened regardless, because European countries were having a giant pissing contest with each other and kept building up alliances and rivalries. The tensions were so strong that any other event could have set them off.

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