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There's a certain kind of sci-fi premise of "what if every intelligent species has something they're particularly good at."

Naturally, most stories revolve around something impressive (or damning) for humanity like "war" or "kindness", but in the past I've wondered what kind of story one could make if the answer was "knots".

Perhaps that's a question for mathematicians, and whether some facility for topological knot-thinking might be very handy in some kind of physics or engineering.

>>Terr_+(OP)
I love this idea by the way.

>>Terr_+(OP)
I love the idea of technologically superior aliens showing up and kicking themselves for never having discovered rope. Here, have the ftl drive, we need this rope. Maybe their native habitat didn't have fibrous plants.

>>Tao330+OW
Maybe some are like spiders, and they've always used solvents and glues in order to join or secure the lengths.