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I’m seriously wondering if the article is just trolling.

• RachelF 8y ago
  No there's a serious belief in this, mainly among well-fed white intellectuals who believe in the "noble savage'. Yuval Harari, author of the excellent "Sapiens" also believes it.
  • chx 8y ago
    > Yuval Harari, author of the excellent "Sapiens" Uh huh, Sapiens as excellent... there are ... problems. Some: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5613ac/in_his_book_sapiens_yuval_noah_harari_states_that/d8ftm8v/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5613ac/in_hi... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4xvsia/how_did_the_french_populations_ideological/d6jltp9/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4xvsia/how_d...
• couchand 8y ago
  I'm confident it is, though back in 1987 it was just called sarcasm.