Re:Why Technology Favors Tyranny
by village-idiot on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @10:23AM
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> Anyone that knows history knows that humans were as tame, if not tamer, in the past. Plus uneducated.
Most of humanity has never been agile, curious and resourceful.
Anthropologists know that ancient hunter gatherers were stronger, fitter, and typically had lower rates of morbidity than us. Which kind of undermines your “agile” and “tame” bit.
I’d also say going from nothing to stone tools counts as quite resourceful, if you ask me. Given that our ancestors had the same basic wiring and larger brains, I’d actually wager on them being more curious and clever than modern humans.
Who ever you're quoting wasn't me, please look at the author name. It seems you are arguing another person with another opinion.
Re:Why Technology Favors Tyranny
by village-idiot on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:34AM
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Oops.
My point was that they were less adaptable. For example, the climate changed and they were unable to adapt. I stated that they had bigger brains and more advanced technology. Neanderthals were more intelligent than Sapiens.
I had no premise that “most people were inactive”. I honestly have no idea where you think I said this.
A single human alone would probably die no matter when they were from. We have always been a social species. A group of humans would be fine anywhere that was not a massive extreme (desert, tundra) unless they had experience in these locales.