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A comment on Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge.

Re:Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Kno... by gus_massa on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @04:22PM (#16478057)
The article begins with a bad example:

> A team of researchers led by Mark Bonta and Robert Gosford in northern Australia has documented kites and falcons, colloquially termed “firehawks,” intentionally carrying burning sticks to spread fire.

They didn't document that the falcons carry the burning sticks, they documented first hand witness of falcons carrying the burning sticks. There are no videos of the falcons carry the burning sticks.

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Re:Western science catching up to Indigenous Traditional Kno... by jasonkostempski on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:56PM (#16480317)
Throughout the article, "knowledge" should be in quotes and link to an Urban Dictionary definition.
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