Re:The surprising anthropology of group identity
by thaumasiotes on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:03PM
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> You could have quite elaborate and effective medical procedures, for example, and no one has a clue how they work.
This isn't a hypothetical; it is the norm for humans. Most obviously, traditional methods of food preparation often coincidentally ensure that the food is digestible and not poisonous, where the most obvious way of preparing the food would be missing one or both of those properties.
This isn't a hypothetical; it is the norm for humans. Most obviously, traditional methods of food preparation often coincidentally ensure that the food is digestible and not poisonous, where the most obvious way of preparing the food would be missing one or both of those properties.