maykef

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   by maykef 2y ago

   You would be surprised. For one, they can't be bothered to dig anymore. Many of them are mesmerised by aDNA, cropolites (or traces of them in lakes), and whether paleoindians were feminists or gay...
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   by maykef 2y ago

   Again???? American archaeologists and their desire for fame... Dig up a hole, find the stone tools that evidence human occupation, draw the stratigraphy, do radiocarbon dating, publish in a reputed journal (not your MySpace), rinse and repe
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   by maykef 2y ago

   Simple. Store everything. I give you an example: the clay tablets written in cuneiform discovered at Ur. They were disposed of by Sumerians, possibly because they have fulfilled their purpose and were simply thrown away. They deal with impo
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   by maykef 2y ago

   > How can enthropy be morally correct or incorrect? You said the disappearance of content was a feature, not a bug. If it is a feature it was designed. I understood your comment as implying that somebody created this feature. You now spe
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   by maykef 2y ago

   Where do you think we have lived the last 5 thousand years? We have clay tablets written in cuneiform that were excavated in Ur from a refuse, and thanks to those we know the little we know about Sumer. The invention of writing made the exe
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   Some Notes on Jared Diamond's Anna Karenina Principle(bruegeltheelder.substack.com)

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