Scenarios about 'scientific progress'
Scientific progress refers to the advancement of human knowledge through systematic observation, experimentation, and theoretical development across all fields of scientific inquiry. This cumulative process has accelerated dramatically since the Scientific Revolution, transforming our understanding of the natural world and enabling technological innovations that have reshaped human civilization. In alternate history scenarios, different rates or directions of scientific progress often serve as critical divergence points, creating worlds with vastly different technological capabilities and social structures.
What If The PhD Degree Was Never Created?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Doctor of Philosophy degree never emerged as the pinnacle of academic achievement, radically transforming higher education, scientific progress, and knowledge specialization.