User blog comment:CreatorTheta/Human Evolution Theory in RWBY/@comment-24901923-20140623132953

What with Semblances and all, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a few Aura-users with abilities similar to Quantitative Aptitudinal-type Alphas from the TV show, Alphas. They could intuitively grasp advanced science and mathematics, and either invent or improve devices decades ahead of their time with the materials at hand, which can be reverse engineered(Albeit with difficulty) to rapidly advance technology. And the more technology advances, the more the QAs have to work with.