Therefore more recent and complex societies are more "advanced", just like more recent and complicated technologies, etc.
A progression is not necessary for the attitude to emerge, even if it is strongly implied.
The abuses of the logical pattern remain.
Soooo if I got this straight, The atmosphere on Mars was too thin to prevent the water from evaporating into space. So how is it possible for the water to evaporate when the average temperature on Mars is nowhere near warm enough for water to evaporate?