system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[LOTR] If the first king of Numenor encouraged scientific research, how would the events play out by the time of the last alliance?

Assume subsequent kings also supported research.
gpt
What makes you think they didn't?

The Numenoreans were *by far* the most advanced civilization throughout the stories we see.  Their construction of buildings alone would make them this, but the also made great advancements in ship building and medicine.