refactor_master 7 hours ago

Pretty sure what went down in Late Holocene Patagonia isn’t common sense.

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  • hetspookjee 7 hours ago

    What makes you say that?

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    • dotnet00 6 hours ago

      People are used to thinking that humans were animalistic savages right up until their favored religion or ancient city-state popped up, believing that the hunter-gatherer existence would've been so harsh that there was no room to care for vulnerable members of the group.

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nemomarx 7 hours ago

Some people like to think that we were brutal or cruel in the ancient past and would have left people to die. (Generally I think the implication is that we should do this again?)

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  • mothballed 7 hours ago

    People still think that. They will use violence and men with guns to enforce welfare schemes because they believe without the government people won't help others and therefore their violence is justified.

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    • hbarka 7 hours ago

      Except now it’s the complete opposite.

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      • mothballed 7 hours ago

        They're using violence against charities? If you're talking about the Israelis or the US insofar as they support the prevention of aid reaching gaza, sure. Generally it's quite rare I think.

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lm28469 7 hours ago

Is it ? These hunter gatherers would probably be shocked at how we treat old people in hospitals and retirement houses, despite all our modern "common sense"

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  • permo-w 7 hours ago

    the article makes no mention of caring for the old. no doubt almost all hunter gatherers would be incredibly shocked that we put so much effort into keeping our old alive, particularly when it provides so little advantage and they don't even live with us

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ajsnigrutin 7 hours ago

Many things were common sense,... until they weren't.

On the other hand, it's common sense now, who knew how it was back then? ...except for the researchers researching this... and now us, reading the article.

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wat10000 7 hours ago

It's one thing to declare it to be "common sense," and quite another to actually know it to be true from physical evidence.

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