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>noble savage myth Closet racism. There is far more evidence that Europeans destroyed these cultures and ignored their advances, than there is proving this so
by fit2rule 7y ago
>noble savage myth
Closet racism. There is far more evidence that Europeans destroyed these cultures and ignored their advances, than there is proving this so-called myth.
See for example, the Australian FNP. They were far, far more advanced than European propagandists could allow anyone to imagine.
We are STILL uncovering major advances in these cultures today.
- pinkfoot 7y ago> … the Australian FNP. They were far, far more advanced than European propagandists could allow anyone to imagine. Other thank some claims about land management and herbal medicine, what were that not only more advanced in but FAR more advanced? Ship building, metallurgy, literature, maths, chemistry, conflict management, law? I am genuinely curious.
- pinkfoot 7y agoSurely its easier to tell us all what the advancements were than downvote me? I am genuinely curious. [after all propagandists have prevented me from imagining, let alone knowing.]
- dang 7y agoPlease don't break the site guidelines like this. Flamewar dross and empty complaints about downvoting are both off topic here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- fit2rule 7y agoOldest continually running mining operation of mankind. Longest running school. A Hippocratic oath before Europeans genocided them. Forms of agriculture which literally guaranteed a well-fed populace. An understanding of antiseptic materials, and even micro-biology, in an age of European miasma theory and blood-letting. There is much to learn about oneself once you drop the prejudice. I'm not suggesting we haven't "advanced" beyond them now, but I am suggesting that we may have overlooked something in our race to the moon, and their 40,000 year old tradition of unbroken oral tradition ..
- pinkfoot 7y ago> There is much to learn about oneself once you drop the prejudice. Oh get over yourself - I asked "out of genuine curiosity."
- t-writescode 7y agoI think that was the ‘general you’ not you
- fit2rule 7y ago>Other thank some claims about land management and herbal medicine, what were that not only more advanced in but FAR more advanced? Snark detected.
- dang 7y agoYou've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly and badly in your posts to HN. If you keep doing that, we're going to have to ban you. Would you please https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules instead? People posting here need to do that regardless of how bad other comments are or they feel they are.
- r6754dw 7y agoI'm sure Europeans would have adopted any advances of great value to them, just like they adopted a lot of crops from the new world.
- fit2rule 7y agoIn fact, Europeans did - eventually - catch up with the Australian FNP's innate knowledge of healing. They had a form of resilient Hippocratic oath for literally thousands of years before us, for example. An understanding of antiseptics in a European age of miasma theory. And so on ..
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