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I'm not sure it's possible for a species to be intelligent and not have a genetically hardwired tendency towards seeing patterns, including where there are none. At least not a naturally evolved species. How do they get technology and science, without that tendency?
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
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And for any species with Curious, it seems plausible to shift the level of proof required in order to accept a pattern to have a cause-and-effect link. I.e. they would go to greater length actually testing a hypothesis before accepting it as a rule of thumb, as compared to humans. This is likely to produce deeper understanding on average, but at the cost of discarding even true links if they're too superstitious-looking. Indeed, in the case of early (IQ6) Uplifts (or barely-sapient species with IQ6ish), this might be an explanation why they haven't developed past TL0 on their own despite existing for quite some while and/or interacting with fully-sapient ones. |
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A race where it didn't have an interesting outlook. They'd have much less concern for things humans consider a given like stress reduction or aesthetics in the workplace. |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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The former have a Morale stat that is permanently fixed at 80% (with no way to bring it up even 1% higher), so while they have 80% productivity, they outright ignore stuff that causes riots in other species' colonies. The latter are hive-minded Selfless Workaholics, and just have a permanent +50% to industrial and agricultural productivity; they, likewise, ignore any attempts to improve morale higher (MoO2 has very little stuff that upsets the population). |
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A different way but perhaps more comedic could be a "slacker" species. Nothing motivates them to give more than a certain level of effort or energy to any given task. They're natural apathic, lazy or what have you. Justifying it might be difficult. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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They may develop science in order to systematically study and notice patterns rather than our opposite way of developing it to see how things aren't related.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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One explanation for out habit of finding patterns that aren't there. As a hunter gatherer it is better to spot 10 out of 8 lions then 9 out of 10.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
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Why evolve intelligence when you could instead evolve greater speed, strength, weapons etc?
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