aimeeandbeatles
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A few days ago I learned that The Sims 2: IKEA Home Stuff was the second best-selling game for two weeks in Sweden.
There are certainly some echoes of past ecology and geology.TIL that Australian aboriginal myths are believed, in some cases, to accurately describe the geology and ecology of Australia from 10,000 or more years ago.
You can add that Sumerian myths about humans being slaves to aliens are believed to be true as are Christian myths about a great flood and 7 day world creation.TIL that Australian aboriginal myths are believed, in some cases, to accurately describe the geology and ecology of Australia from 10,000 or more years ago.
You can add that Sumerian myths about humans being slaves to aliens are believed to be true as are Christian myths about a great flood and 7 day world creation.
It is all about the "sacred wisdom" of primitive peoples who were wiser and smarter than us, but not smart enough to stop the ongoing progress of humankind.Lmao what's with the sudden backlash to aboriginals maybe possibly being right before the Europeans about something?
So you are talking about the accuracy of oral tradition. OK. That is not the same as believing myths.Well, I'm actually talking about fairly mundane stuff like the outback being wet and full of lakes, or the shoreline being near the present-day location of the Great Barrier reef.
I actually had a whole book (Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins, by Dorothy Vitaliano) about geology as expressed in myths; one unambiguous example is the myths of the Klamath people in present-day Oregon which very clearly describe the collapse of ancient Mt. Mazama into the present-day Crater Lake.
Some sources for Australian stuff:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-sea-rise-tale-told-accurately-for-10-000-years/
Ancient Sea Rise Tale Told Accurately for 10,000 Years
Aboriginal stories of lost islands match up with underwater finds in Australia
https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/australia/7000-year-old-indigenous-story-proved-true.aspx
7,000 YEAR OLD INDIGENOUS STORY PROVED TRUE
The story has been passed down for 230 generations
It is all about the "sacred wisdom" of primitive peoples who were wiser and smarter than us, but not smart enough to stop the ongoing progress of humankind.
So you are talking about the accuracy of oral tradition. OK. That is not the same as believing myths.
It is all about the "sacred wisdom" of primitive peoples who were wiser and smarter than us, but not smart enough to stop the ongoing progress of humankind.
what
Before it was anything else, progress was a doctrine of supremacy—a fresh new faith for a rising era of unchallenged European dominance, a way of celebrating European hegemony by anchoring it in time, and rendering Europe, and specifically Bourbon France, the very apotheosis of human achievement.
TIL that Australian aboriginal myths are believed, in some cases, to accurately describe the geology and ecology of Australia from 10,000 or more years ago.
Words are like slippery pigs; their meaning can be hard to catch.The only one who ever said anything about believing myths is you. I said that Australian myths accurately describe some of the geology and ecology of prehistoric Australia, and you assumed that I meant the myths are literally true.
Words are like slippery pigs; their meaning can be hard to catch.
If superior primitive wisdom were a real thing, I figure those wise elders would have foreseen that tech development was evil and would supplant them.what
Not at all. It is an admission that clarity of language is important to good communication.Is this an admission you didn't read past the phrase "are believed"?
Not at all. It is an admission that clarity of language is important to good communication.
If superior primitive wisdom were a real thing, I figure those wise elders would have foreseen that tech development was evil and would supplant them.
If superior primitive wisdom were a real thing, I figure those wise elders would have foreseen that tech development was evil and would supplant them.
Obviously they weren't going for a Space Race victory.
LOL, reminds me of the first time I ever played Civ 3, I didn't know how to use the building menu so I just built warriors until AI civs started settling my island with medieval units
LOL, reminds me of the first time I ever played Civ 3, I didn't know how to use the building menu so I just built warriors until AI civs started settling my island with medieval units
In Civ 2, I used to never fortify units in my cities and then wonder why they got overrun so quickly.