[seagullsong]

ugghhhh one of the things I really want from Star Trek that they don’t talk about much is alien science

How do Cardassians conceptualize/describe scientific principles differently than us? What course did the scientific progress of Bajor take? How did the social structure/politics of the Andorians influence who discovered what, and when? Who do they venerate as great thinkers? Which scientific ideas were the most controversial on Kronos? Which ideas are the most controversial between species in the Federation? When two worlds first become allies, what form does scientific collaboration take? Did anyone ever develop some kind of standard notation for math or do you have to learn how to “read” the calculations of a dozen different species if you want to keep up in your field? What about stuff like temperature systems and units of measurement? Where do aliens draw the lines between fields of specialization, and what do they call them? What does “academia” look like on other planets? If you gave a Tellarite my chemistry test, would they be able to figure out what it was asking them to do?