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Originally Posted by julianh72
Home-brew Rocketry and Steam Engines: I guess that makes you the original archetypal Steam Punk!
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I think at the root of it, I was just fascinated in how an understanding of physical principles offered the opportunity to influence your experience of life. It was a bit like the allure of discovering that your Mechano set could be expanded waaaaay beyond the contents of the box... if you were prepared to learn how to make some of the
'not for sale' bits yourself.
I was the teenage nerd who read texts on quantum physics (not because it was cool, as it is in this contemporary "new age, dolphin polishers" paradigm... and stuff) but because I found it astounding and far more interesting than the 2 dimensional, mundane world that most people preoccupy themselves with. I fully acknowledge that it doesn't mean I am particularly intelligent... just curious.