Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130518221156/@comment-7232811-20130521202417

Shas'o'Kais wrote:

Orks actually better understand their technologies then the Imperium. I can even go as far to say that their technology base if actually higher overall, simply because meks are born with the innate knowledge of ork tech, and can easily generate new things through experimentation. The only real things stopping orks making stupidly powerful technologies is that they don't really care about neatness/quality of materials and their construction designs (stick armour plates randomly on tanks for example), don't care about safety in general, don't come with ideas too often due to fighting most of the time, and aren't bothered to grasp obscure things such as pocket dimensions because it simply isn't worth their time when they can krump more people. I did not say that the Orks didn't understand technology, I said they did not understand SCIENCE. As you said though, the Orks perhaps have a better grip on technology (in their own way) than we do. OK it's mostly due to that passive psychic psyche they have that makes things happen when they believe it will, but heck, they're able to make starships out of a pile of scrap! But as for understanding HOW a starship engine works, or a gellar field or a warp-drive (or pretty much anything else for that matter), they haven't got a clue.