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Originally Posted by Uplift  Who funds the scientists, and why. |
Obviously that's somewhat dependent on the study.
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Originally Posted by Uplift 200 years seems like a long time.
But it is nothing |
Agreed. Long in the context of a human lifetime, but not even an eyeblink in geologic time.
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Originally Posted by Uplift an undeveloped speck, compared to the minimum 40,000 years, quite probably 120,000 years of success enjoyed by Indigenous Australians, who had a Spiritual world view. They were able to cope with ice ages, mega fauna and other dramatic changes... |
Exactly.
They observed. They knew the rains would come at certain times of year based on their observations and oral histories. They knew that some plants were edible and some were not based on cause-effect relationships. (Man ate that plant. Man got sick and died. Different man ate different plant. Different man was healthy. That's observation.) They knew that certain herbs were good for certain injuries/illnesses based on observations.
That's science. Observe. Theorize. Test. Perhaps the Australian Aborigines were the first pure scientists.