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What does it matter when something was realized versus its anthropomorphism? Didn't some guy use a huge rock as a doorstop before someone realized it was gold
by FrustratedMonky 5mo ago
What does it matter when something was realized versus its anthropomorphism?
Didn't some guy use a huge rock as a doorstop before someone realized it was gold and worth a lot.
It was gold before it was realized it was gold. What did it's discover matter? It didn't change what it was. The worth as 'gold' is totally superimposed by the humans.
- somewhatgoated 5mo agoThere are a bunch of stories about people using valuable rocks as a doorstop, meteorites, gold, amber etc
- darkwater 5mo agoIt means that if you remove the meaning humans give to to, it's much easier to explain it as a coincidence, something that is produced naturally and it just happens to have the right property (for any value of property).