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That is a way to look at the "dumb" aspect, just as we would say "kids are dumb". But I think it hides away how much they got done within their limited means a
by makeitdouble 5y ago
That is a way to look at the "dumb" aspect, just as we would say "kids are dumb".
But I think it hides away how much they got done within their limited means and technology. Them not knowing about bacteria was less a limitation of their intelligence than a limitation of the scale they could observe the word (including data collection technology and drawing patterns from huge samples)
- jablongo 5y agoI don’t think anyone is saying not knowing what bacteria is is directly a function of individual intelligence. But it is an important measure of a society, along with things like - how often their young die, how often women die in childbirth, how many people die due to treatable diseases.