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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by chongli on Sunday March 26, 2017 @09:50AM (#13960774)
without issue

Infant and maternal mortality? Childhood disease? Loss of teeth? Local diseases/parasites?

Just because they're surviving doesn't mean their lives are without issue. Would you want to revert 60000 years to their level of technology? Would they want to go back to the village if they were given this same choice?

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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by thr0waway1239 on Sunday March 26, 2017 @10:15AM (#13960870)
Too early to say, but ask me again in 5 years. If humanity fails to overcome the debilitating psychosis induced by Facebook in that time period, the island might become that much more tempting.
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Re:An Indian Ocean island with a community that has been the... by chongli on Sunday March 26, 2017 @11:35AM (#13961280)
I'm among the majority of humans who don't use Facebook. I'm not too worried about it!
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