Problems and Solutions of keeping Divergent TL paths Divergent?

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Not as long we know biology. We could not use our TL 11 computer knowledge to make sense out of of their TL 11 biological computers, but we could use our TL 11 biological knowledge to start to make sense out of it. Now it could be that we have slashed technology. We have TL 11 electronics but we're only TL 8 in biology, while they are TL 11 in biology and don't know diddly about electronics.

But if our TL 11 electronic computers are about as good as their TL 11 biocomputers, why would we bother?