Draiss nodded to Kammy's comment, for that was exactly what he had been trying to show, but the game had gotten abandoned before they had found his world. "I think it is more a push-pull relationship than one or the other. And what would cause it? Well, my intelligent constructs would be a very small part of that. They would have to be able to make each construct the exact same, and as the Genis Loci is all too happy to remind me, we are barely getting one in twenty fully down the construction line.<br/><br/>As for what might actually cause the belief... it would likely be because technology is 'easy'. For example, for one person to get any real power with magic, they would have to study for years, same with current weapons. Technology would eventually, in several millennium, I suspect, produce something similar to the beam rifles the Shadow Stalkers use. Most of the worlds that have it but still have enough magic to be viewed call the weapon a gun. And you can learn to use that and consistently hit a target at a reasonable distance inside of a year."<br/><br/>He paused for a moment, before leaning back and staring at the ceiling. "Now, some of you wondered why I picked the short lived humans for my race in that game. It is because of their short lives and natural lack of inherent weapons, not counting teeth. They HAVE to have weapons and armor to be competitive, otherwise they get annihilated and go extinct. But their short lives mean that magic a lot less attractive than technology. A few months, maybe a year on the outside, or a decade. Which would you honestly pick if you only had decades to live?"