Re:Who’s the First Person in History Whose Name We Know? (2015)
by erdevs on Friday August 05, 2016 @11:12AM
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> Isn't the better question who invented those things?
I mean we are looking for the first one, which is likely to be the person who invented it.
So... you're assuming that the earliest example we can find will literally be the first creation. The instance where it was invented.
I'm afraid you have an incredibly unrealistic view of the archaeological record.
The odds are infinitesimally low that we will ever find the actual first example of human writing, or that it has even survived.
Isn't the better question who invented those things?
I mean we are looking for the first one, which is likely to be the person who invented it. Males and Females have an equal opportunity here.
> But not necessarily (or even likely) because of the author's claim that males seem to be more prone to be early adopters.
Do Males invent things more often than Females or not? That's the question.
> because of the male-oriented power dynamics
Who created those dynamics? Why was it a male and not a female?
You are arguing about a world where men already "won" and prevent females from doing things.
But the question you should be addressing is an earlier one: Why did men "win" in the first place?