tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967806610957360397.post5625165064289913069..comments2019-06-20T14:08:09.606-07:00Comments on Marshall Ryan Maresca: Worldbuilding, Psychohistory, and the Power of NumbersMarshall Ryan Marescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06259367667777920728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967806610957360397.post-77024383414192955442012-11-08T10:30:52.667-08:002012-11-08T10:30:52.667-08:00Well, that&#39;s part of what I&#39;m talking abou...Well, that&#39;s part of what I&#39;m talking about with the Ingenuity Factor really amalgamating many different things, including lifespan, aversion to change, competitiveness. I really thought about trying to factor various things individually, but realized that A. that would be a lot more work and B. I&#39;d be likely to miss something crucial. So the IF represents a broad spectrum of factors that in combination represent a species&#39;s raw ability to progress technologically. It&#39;s imperfect, obviously, but it works in that the net effect is essentially the same as trying to calculate those various elements individually. <br /><br />And, of course, a species with a (comparatively) high IF and low RF may reach the stars as a species with a low IF and high RF, but the details of their path to reach that point is going to be very different.Marshall Ryan Marescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06259367667777920728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967806610957360397.post-88116127335863209022012-11-08T10:14:36.723-08:002012-11-08T10:14:36.723-08:00Not to complicate an already intricate model... bu...Not to complicate an already intricate model... but what about factors like:<br />Lifespan<br />superstition<br />like/aversion to change <br />?<br />The first one is huge. The last one can complicate things if it is a widespread societal aversion to change, think of what might have happened if the Enlightenment had lasted 100 years longer, or not at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com