Paradox Answers

[Aeson]

I should have also mentioned that without a strong Europe, China would have gained dominance in Asia sooner. The Chinese also have a myth about the turtle, that it's back props up the sky. The Iroquois and Chinese thus divide up the world, and then fight a great religious war to determine whether the turtle's back is holding up the earth or the sky ... so again, we see the turtle is playing the long game.

[giblets]

I'm pretty sure the Iroquois and the Chinese couldn't have made contact without realizing the Earth is round...

[Aeson]

This leads to duotarian theology developing, where the turtle is both a turtle and two turtles, the two shells forming the sphere.

[The Mad Monk]

"Will there ever be a physics term greater than 'tachyonic antitelephone?' According to this message from the future, the answer is 'no.'"

http://xkcd.com/1699/