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Re:Australia fires: Aboriginal planners say the bush 'needs ... by pvaldes on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:34PM (#22041284)
> What's the name of the fallacy where you dismiss something that has has been successful for centuries or more just because it doesn't have a Latin/Greek-derived name granted by a European?

I bet that Ice age survivor Europeans were perfectly aware of fire and all its possible uses, a few thousands of years before 1606.

The idea of Australian aborigins teaching Europeans about how to use fire in that new thing called agriculture is very funny.

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