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Rare footage of largest uncontacted tribe in the world [video]
- jncfhnb 2y agoIt says they killed a guy with a six foot long arrow. How does that work?
- FireBeyond 2y agoMy understanding was that the North Sentinelese were the largest uncontacted tribe.
- TacticalCoder 2y ago[flagged]
- Qem 2y ago> It feels like such a worthy cause to make sure they stay "uncontacted": they obviously used that fact to do great deeds. Indeed they keep the tradition of carrying a great deed long lost for most humanity. The deed of still being able to thrive using just stone-age tech. I suspect that in case of sudden collapse that ends civilization, these groups will be among the few ones able to repopulate Earth, because the overwhelming majority of "civilized" people will die in a short time without all the technology they are used to. The continued existence of human groups living in stone age is an existential insurance policy for us.
- 93po 2y agoanyone who has completed high school is perfectly capable of learning how to farm without modern technology, we aren't going to all freaking immediately die when we lose our iphones
- walrus01 2y agoPeople keep coming up with footage of supposedly "uncontacted" amazon tribes and it almost inevitably turns out that at least some of them have occasional trading contact with nearby towns/villages, and then somebody taking a close look at the photos spots someone wearing a knock-off adidas hat or shoes or similar.
- basementcat 2y agoMy understanding is the term "uncontacted" actually means "isolated without sustained contact" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples
- singularity2001 2y agothat's the only definition that makes sense for this post because after the subtitles describe the tribe as uncontacted they go on and describe what the tribe says which would be an obvious contradiction if it was truly uncontacted
- slibhb 2y agoIt's interesting to think about why many people believe tribes like this should remain "uncontacted". For better or worse, it's revealing of modern values. Also, what is the long term fate of such tribes? Without genes flowing in, it's probably not good. I wonder about a protocol that a high technology civilization could use to contact them. Priorities would be to avoid violence, disease, misunderstandings and so on but at the same time, to allow them enter into the modern world over some generations. Kind of like sci-fi where an alien species contacts humanity (e.g. Childhood's End).
- timschmidt 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive seems relevant.
- CivBase 2y agoI wonder how many of these tribe would actually prefer to remain isolated if they knew about the rest of the world.
- frabjoused 2y agoIm pretty sure they do know but the rest has been demonized and local lore has built up.
- DoubleDerper 2y agoI think this comment is not intending to be anything other than curious, but it strikes me with a bit of techno-savior assimilation sentiment. These autonomous tribes have plenty of opportunities to reach out to modern western culture when they are interested in doing so. Suggesting how they should "enter into the modern world over some generations" seems presumptious, even culturally aggressive.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI think there's a savior complex on both sides, both intervention and non-intervention. In general, humans tend to think they know what's best for other people no matter what the situation is. I tend to agree with your assessment that the balls in their Court and they can do what they want
- lupusreal 2y agoLeave them alone, jerks.
- candiodari 2y ago[dead]
- southernplaces7 2y agoAt least the people of East Sentinel Island remain resolutely free of imposed contact, well, except for the few people who've attempted it and been killed for their efforts.
- mkl 2y agoPretty sure you mean North Sentinel Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sentinel_Island
- southernplaces7 2y agoNo, I, uh... mean the other, even more super secret, never mentioned on the internet, completely uncontacted East Sentinel Island, actually.
- BurningFrog 2y agoThe problem with "they don't want to be contacted" is that it's not really an "informed dissent". If they knew about our 0.4% child mortality, 80 year life span etc, each individual could make an informed decision.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThe Nomole in TFA probably have a pretty reasonable idea what local modernity looks like, because they regularly interact with their Piro cousins. I assure you that "modern" life in the rural Amazon is far from anything you'd identify with though.
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