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> coherent inner logic in the abstractions Umm, I recall in The Innocen Anthropologist the author said that grain threshing areas are closely associated with f
by tempguy9999 7y ago
> coherent inner logic in the abstractions
Umm, I recall in The Innocen Anthropologist the author said that grain threshing areas are closely associated with fertility of women. Doesn't really fit.
I do agree anthroplogy matters because so much of tech is about people not tech.
- Nasrudith 7y agoThat could fit as a cultural symbolic concept if grain threshing was considered work for women. If that was something actually believed the anthropologist would have done their job properly regardless if the superstition is complete bunk or not. Unless it was meant as "actually makes women more fertile".
- tempguy9999 7y agoIIRC grain is the reproduction of the plant. Women do the obvious work of giving birth, hence the link. There's your "coherent inner logic in the abstractions" right there, it just isn't useful to HN readers except as a curiosity. We can't do anything with it.