Ripheus23 Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 Proof, you say? Evidence? Reason? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_noodle: Quote Instant noodles were invented by Taiwanese-Japanese inventor Momofuku Ando in Japan. It was first marketed on 25 August 1958 by Ando's company, Nissin, under the brand name Chikin Ramen. ... According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, "The Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles." So, as of "now" in the Cosmere, Taldain has achieved 1950s-level technology while Scadrial is still in Wild-West time-territory. Which means that there is a chance that they will gain computers and later FTL, ahead of Scadrial's schedule (barring disasters on this unidentified world). Quote Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] ...Has he ever had instant noodles? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yeah, he's had instant noodles before. They have them on Taldain, yeah. source 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RShara she/her Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) Well Taldain had shotguns and the like in White Sand, and that was at least a thousand years before the events of Stormlight Archive, so I'd expect them to have lots of cool inventions by now Edited December 5, 2018 by RShara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ILuvHats he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Quote Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] If you were going to live in one of your worlds, which one would it be? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Good question, I would live on Scadrial because they are the closest to the Internet and instant noodles. On 12/5/2018 at 2:58 PM, Ripheus23 said: Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] Questioner [PENDING REVIEW] ...Has he ever had instant noodles? Brandon Sanderson [PENDING REVIEW] Yeah, he's had instant noodles before. They have them on Taldain, yeah. WHAT IS THIS CONTRADICTION!? HOW CAN THIS BE?? You need to get your instant noodles timeline straightened out, Brandon. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripheus23 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 The quantum timeline for instant noodles... resembles a packet of instant noodles 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Ripheus23 said: The quantum timeline for instant noodles... resembles a packet of instant noodles People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big bowl of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey noodles. Edited December 11, 2018 by HSuperLee 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace21 he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 4 hours ago, ILuvHats said: WHAT IS THIS CONTRADICTION!? HOW CAN THIS BE?? You need to get your instant noodles timeline straightened out, Brandon. There is no contradiction, Taldain clearly doesn't have the internet, just the noodles. Since Brandon requires both on his planet of residence, he chooses Scadrial. While it currently has neither, it is the closest to having both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ILuvHats he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 43 minutes ago, Ookla the Mind Sculptor said: There is no contradiction, Taldain clearly doesn't have the internet, just the noodles. Since Brandon requires both on his planet of residence, he chooses Scadrial. While it currently has neither, it is the closest to having both. BLASPHEMY! For real, though, it's just semantics. It could be interpreted either way. Maybe Brandon messed up the instant noodles timeline, or maybe he didn't and he meant it the way you thought he did. This is why English is such a dumb language. Though other languages have the same problem, so... math all the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripheus23 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Still, given the similarities between instant noodles and the Internets ("a series of tubes"), if Taldain has the one (and radios!) how far can they be from the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Ripheus23 said: Still, given the similarities between instant noodles and the Internets ("a series of tubes"), if Taldain has the one (and radios!) how far can they be from the other? I'm sorry, but are you suggesting that instant noodles and the internet would be down the same Civ tech tree? Also, are you just downright saying the internet is noodles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripheus23 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 4 hours ago, HSuperLee said: I'm sorry, but are you suggesting that instant noodles and the internet would be down the same Civ tech tree? Also, are you just downright saying the internet is noodles? I'm at least saying that the Swimming Ramen Creature is the true God, not the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I'm willing to debate the Levitating Tortellini Entity, too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Ripheus23 said: I'm at least saying that the Swimming Ramen Creature is the true God, not the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I'm willing to debate the Levitating Tortellini Entity, too. I am concerned now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, HSuperLee said: I am concerned now. It's @Ripheus23. You should have been well past concern months ago. Edited December 11, 2018 by Calderis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSuperLee he/him Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Calderis said: It's @Ripheus23. You should have been well past concern months ago. I've only been on this website for a few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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