Tag: wrong perceptions
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Human culture. Ape's culture. Human stupidity.
The ability to build up knowledge over generations, called cumulative culture, has given humankind language and technology. While it was thought to be limited to humans until now, researchers have recently found that baboons are also capable of cumulative culture. (1) We believe culture is about language and technology. But this is not culture. Apes…
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Middle Ages - An era of light!
Many people refer to the Middle Ages as a "dark" era. But take a look closer. Why do they say that? The main reason is that during these ages research in sciences like mathematics, geometry, astronomy et cetera was not so intense as, e.g., in the era before Christ. But is that really bad? Do…
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Weak, Strong, Seals, Sharks, Marlins
We seem to have specific opinions on who is strong and who is weak. Sharks for example are strong. They hunt other fish. And humans are strong. They hunt fish. Like Marlins. But things can be different. Shark can be eaten by... seals! [1] And sometimes the fish might sink the boat... [2] Next time…
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