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The inhabitants are extremely unique. There may be no other society like theirs on the face of the planet. If an unintrusive privacy breach of that small group
by LeifCarrotson 11y ago
The inhabitants are extremely unique. There may be no other society like theirs on the face of the planet.
If an unintrusive privacy breach of that small group was likely to allow us to learn something that would improve the lives of 7 billion others, it ought to be made. Just do the math.
I don't think there's likely to be that much we can learn which would actually be useful, but that ought to be the test.
- codezero 11y agoOut of curiosity, what could we learn that would change people's lives? My understanding is that the only thing we'd learn is more about how early tribal systems might have been, which is of academic interest to Anthropologists, not of general value to every day people. I am known to misunderstand though, which is why I'm asking if there is something we think we can learn from studying them that would apply to all people.
- kmkswamy 11y agoOne of the things the article said was that they survived the tsunami with their observation of the nature.. don't you think that this lost/gained knowledge can be an insight on how we understand nature now?
- codezero 10y ago> with their observation of the nature Well, I guess I answer my own question here, but we don't know that they survived because of their observation of the nature. We don't know enough about them to say that. They survived, how or why, we don't know. Knowing how or why may be of interest to Anthropologists, but there's nothing indicating that it would be generally useful for all humans.