Klingon culture changed over time. After the Klingons invented/adapted warp in the aftermath of the Hur’q, it became far easier for low status clan houses to move up the social hierarchy by venturing forth and plundering or conquering the less advanced planets around them. Why dedicate your life to academic research, when it’s way easier to just spend a few years pillaging? Established clan houses with resources and reputations do have scientists. A couple of siblings might be warriors who are out there preserving the houses honor, but a couple of siblings might be academics or administrators.
Yeah, the canon is kinda split on that, but I think it’s clear that the warrior mentality came as a result of cultural and material changes, not that Klingons are just naturally war-like.
Klingon culture changed over time. After the Klingons invented/adapted warp in the aftermath of the Hur’q, it became far easier for low status clan houses to move up the social hierarchy by venturing forth and plundering or conquering the less advanced planets around them. Why dedicate your life to academic research, when it’s way easier to just spend a few years pillaging? Established clan houses with resources and reputations do have scientists. A couple of siblings might be warriors who are out there preserving the houses honor, but a couple of siblings might be academics or administrators.
Yeah, the canon is kinda split on that, but I think it’s clear that the warrior mentality came as a result of cultural and material changes, not that Klingons are just naturally war-like.