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Why would he believe that? They've tried to contact him before.
by oz 16y ago
Why would he believe that? They've tried to contact him before.
- sophacles 16y agoWhy would he necessarily think those who have tried to contact him are people? He could think only he and his tribe are people and the others are: 1. aliens 2. demons 3. spirits 4. some animal 5. lesser humans 6. and so on Numbers 2,3 and 5 are not too far fetched. Heck even in the 20th and 21st century there are modern cultures that think this way. Racism is really all about #5. Various fundamentalist religions have a tendency to think in terms of demons and spirits. It is a completely valid hypothesis that he believes he is the last man on earth or the last 'real man' or whatever.
- oz 16y agoHmmm, I never thought of that. Good point.
- whyenot 16y agoWhen I was working in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Waorani people, who had only recently been contacted, believed only other Waorani were human beings. This created several difficult situations because they saw nothing wrong with attacking and in some cases killing "non-humans" they came in contact with. My understanding is that many other native people in the Amazon used to share a similar view of their own unique human-ness
- ahi 16y agoMany peoples have held that view outside the Amazon, including a few in Europe and North America.