Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160807005311/@comment-26018514-20160817194412

BenRG wrote:

Structures that have lasted thousands of years (despite a hostile environment) and stand hundreds of feet tall that apparently fills an entire valley as well as its surrounding plains (the relic temple being only one a visible remainder). This is, in terms of a medieval or earlier artefact, indication of a significant level of sophistication in engineering as well as a lengthy lifespan so that its builder civilisation could continue to reinforce and maintain it.

Stone lasts.... you have to keep in mind this is an alien world with ancient peoples who had access to super-powers... likely amongst however many commoners they had. Our own ancestors have achieved structures nearly as impressive without such abilities, and 2 of the biggest signs we attribute to advanced technology(height + precision/clean cut) can easily be done with aura, while most others can be achieved by relatively mundane use of dust.

Something highly conceited is to believe that advanced technology has made a race more intelligent, when the fact is genius works with the tools at hand, so the greater capability the raw materials give you can make you look far more advanced than you may actually have been.