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kleinbl00 · 2144 days ago · link · · parent · post: Informational article about that extra-solar asteroid.
It sounds to me that the key is "oral cultures." When your body of knowledge exists as folklore shared amongst those you only know face-to-face, speculation is the same thing as lying. I'm unaware of any non-writing culture that thought hypothetically and thinking hypothetically is the crux of science fiction.