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Modern anthropology and the best science actually indicates that tribal hunter-gatherers experience higher levels of happiness and satisfaction than your typica

Modern anthropology and the best science actually indicates that tribal hunter-gatherers experience higher levels of happiness and satisfaction than your typical citizen of an agricultural society. So does the typical Oxycontin addict. 'Happiness and satisfaction' are weasel words that ultimately have no objective meaning. Tribal hunter-gatherers have healthier diets, live longer without outside interference, No, they do not.

forensic 16y ago
I wasn't the one making the argument that these people are experiencing misery/suffering. Misery and suffering is no more objective than happiness and satisfaction. I would argue that both of these things are objective and can be observed in the brain and well as inferred from other criteria. >No, they do not. Yes, they do. We can go back and forth like this all day or you can make a real argument. Read SEX AT DAWN and get back to me with your criticism of their anthropology. Based on your statements regarding happiness I'm going to tentatively conclude that you're one of the ignorant engineers who has little contact with the social sciences. Why do programmers believe they know more than everyone else in subjects where they are grossly ignorant? We need a word for this. Programmer hubris or something. I guess it's just the Dunning-Kruger effect striking again.
- CamperBob 16y ago
  You're the one who made the specific assertion; it's up to you to deliver the citation. "Read book X" isn't sufficient.
  - forensic 16y ago
    >it's up to you to deliver the citation. "Read book X" isn't sufficient. What do you think a citation is?
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    - CamperBob 16y ago
      Sigh. OK, you're right. By the way, have you heard the Good News about Jesus? There's a book for that too, you know. Downvote away, but you don't get to use verbal sleight-of-hand on here (comparing life expectancy in hunter-gatherer versus 'agricultural' societies, when the question involves an industrial/post-industrial society) and top it off with a vague "It's true! Go read about it" argument.

forensic 16y ago

I wasn't the one making the argument that these people are experiencing misery/suffering. Misery and suffering is no more objective than happiness and satisfaction. I would argue that both of these things are objective and can be observed in the brain and well as inferred from other criteria. >No, they do not. Yes, they do. We can go back and forth like this all day or you can make a real argument. Read SEX AT DAWN and get back to me with your criticism of their anthropology. Based on your statements regarding happiness I'm going to tentatively conclude that you're one of the ignorant engineers who has little contact with the social sciences. Why do programmers believe they know more than everyone else in subjects where they are grossly ignorant? We need a word for this. Programmer hubris or something. I guess it's just the Dunning-Kruger effect striking again.

CamperBob 16y ago
You're the one who made the specific assertion; it's up to you to deliver the citation. "Read book X" isn't sufficient.
- forensic 16y ago
  >it's up to you to deliver the citation. "Read book X" isn't sufficient. What do you think a citation is?
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  - CamperBob 16y ago
    Sigh. OK, you're right. By the way, have you heard the Good News about Jesus? There's a book for that too, you know. Downvote away, but you don't get to use verbal sleight-of-hand on here (comparing life expectancy in hunter-gatherer versus 'agricultural' societies, when the question involves an industrial/post-industrial society) and top it off with a vague "It's true! Go read about it" argument.