Timeline for How advanced can a civilization get without scientific thinking?
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| May 5, 2020 at 22:49 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Could you deal with the problem left by "The civilization existed for at least millions of years…" with "…evolution…somewhat slower than on Earth" and give a working definition of that "technological supremacy" that's not apparent or, come to that, of science? Otherwise, why ask any more than "How advanced can a civilization get?" | |
| May 5, 2020 at 20:59 | comment | added | Halfthawed | So, in other words, it's a civilization where everything is basically a black box. That's just great. I mean, my answer of 'brute force science' still applies, but now I'd like to add the caveat of 'assuming they manage to survive themselves.' | |
| May 5, 2020 at 20:37 | comment | added | Alexander | Per OP, this civilization does not have math, something is stopping them from developing it. So yes, they should have problems. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 20:36 | comment | added | Halfthawed | I would assume at minimum that this alien race can abstract the concept of quantities which can be measured with numbers. They may not know how to apply those numbers, but they can at least know what a number is. Otherwise, they have problems. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 20:10 | comment | added | Alexander | Unlimited memory does not equal high processing power. They may have a numerous examples of 3*2=6, but no real way to put it into an abstraction. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 15:20 | history | answered | Halfthawed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |