Re: 4th Season Stargate Atlantis - The Last Man - 5 star poll - SPOILERS

Bill Plenge wrote:

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> If we look at this episode in terms of changes to civilization over
time. 
> 48,000 years ago there was no known civilization on our planet, almost
all 
> of the earths civilization evolved in the last 10-15,000 or so years. 
> Imagine what our civilaztion can accomplish in another 30,000 years if
it 
> doesn't destroy itself first.  There's a good reason the wraiths didn't 
> pillage the undefended Atlantis shown in the future of this episode --
it 
> was obsolete, the wraiths had surpassed it's abilities 20-30,000 years 
> prior.  They don't need the gate system, they've surpassed it.  Look at
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> the last 300 years in long distance travel on our own planet, 1800
travel 
> was the typical walking speed of a horse (or wind powered boat if you
could 
> travel by water), by 1900 trains, by 2000 jets were the norm.
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  How is any of that relevant to the story?  John didn't have any 
contact with whoever was around in the future timeline.