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I don't believe it is true. You would see some evidence of it, among the many isolated and recently contacted tribes. There are lots of people in the Papuan ra
by alextgordon 11y ago
I don't believe it is true. You would see some evidence of it, among the many isolated and recently contacted tribes.
There are lots of people in the Papuan rainforest who only joined civilisation in living memory. So we don't need to guess what life was like "before", we can just ask.
- andreasvc 11y agoDo we have comprehensive observations on consciousness in recently contacted tribes? I believe we don't have evidence for or against the theory from recently contacted tribes. I read a book about the Piraha tribe and the observation that their simpler language correlates with their simpler world view was quite suggestive.