I just can't imagine science or engineering getting done in an illiterate world. You'd need to have equations dictated to you repeatedly as you try to figure out a way to proceed.
I can imagine it. Not every field makes heavy use of equations and there are blind people who use screen readers and are very competent software engineers.
Either way those are specialized skills. Theoretical physicists or whatever can learn reading and writing if they want to.
I just can't imagine science or engineering getting done in an illiterate world. You'd need to have equations dictated to you repeatedly as you try to figure out a way to proceed.
I can imagine it. Not every field makes heavy use of equations and there are blind people who use screen readers and are very competent software engineers.
Either way those are specialized skills. Theoretical physicists or whatever can learn reading and writing if they want to.