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Solar Tornado posted:Can any mod reading this gimme a sixer with this image as the reason? I can!
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boofhead posted:There's a nice series of articles on practical polytheism that also goes into the form and function of ritual in understanding ancient worldview, which feeds back into this idea In the Congo, there has recently been a proliferation of rituals that are said to make the practitioner bulletproof. They proliferate because they work. They don’t work in the manner they are purported to, but they work nonetheless. quote:In our study, we explain that this example from the village of Bulambika provides insights into why this particular belief, which appears false, might persist. The bulletproofing ritual allowed the community to mobilise combatants by systematically biasing downwards their beliefs about the likelihood that they would die in combat. While, at the individual level, this false belief is costly – it causes individuals to under-estimate the risk of combat – it nonetheless allowed the community to mobilise against the aggressors, and successfully eradicate them. Thus, although detrimental for some, it was beneficial for the community. https://voxeu.org/article/magical-warfare-technologies-and-persistence-false-beliefs
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Humphreys posted:"Why don't I have any top soil? Says the morons that stripped the land of all the trees. I'm sure Irish just loooved building the British navy.
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gbut posted:I'm sure Irish just loooved building the British navy. I was also referring to Australian Farmers.
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gbut posted:I'm sure Irish just loooved building the British navy.
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Platystemon posted:In the Congo, there has recently been a proliferation of rituals that are said to make the practitioner bulletproof. Sounds about as useful as the, "Don't worry, they couldn't hit an elephant at this distan-" myth
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That line isn't entirely myth, apparently. They weren't the literal last words the guy said, but he was shot dead a few minutes after saying it.
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Platystemon posted:In the Congo, there has recently been a proliferation of rituals that are said to make the practitioner bulletproof. I mean do you think Wang would have fought the Storms if he didn’t drink Egg Shen’s potion?
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TK-42-1 posted:I mean do you think Wang would have fought the Storms if he didn’t drink Egg Shen’s potion? Of course. It's all in the reflexes.
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Platystemon posted:In the Congo, there has recently been a proliferation of rituals that are said to make the practitioner bulletproof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrauBQf7FpI
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nonathlon posted:I once knew someone who worked as a veterinarian in rural Ireland. He said it was a constant thing that he'd splint up a horse, clean out an abscess on a cow, prescribe drugs for animals, but the farmers would instead credit the recovery to a local wise woman who waved some herbs over the ill creature. Sometimes they'd add "but I'm sure you helped ..." James Herriot's books are full of this stuff, it drove him bonkers.
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Data Graham posted:James Herriot's books are full of this stuff, it drove him bonkers. Also, the new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small is wonderful 
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That smiley makes me think you're not being entirely serious Is it that bad? I haven't seen it.
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Data Graham posted:James Herriot's books are full of this stuff, it drove him bonkers. It's why homeopathy is on the rise - People get treatment for cancer via actual science, then at the same time start taking avocado oil with grass seed or whatever as a "cure", and low and behold, when the chemo or surgery works it was clearly, and actually, the homeopathic nonsense that worked rather than 300 years of medical science, a surgeon with 45 years of experience and years of drug R and D.
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Drone_Fragger posted:It's why homeopathy is on the rise - People get treatment for cancer via actual science, then at the same time start taking avocado oil with grass seed or whatever as a "cure", and low and behold, when the chemo or surgery works it was clearly, and actually, the homeopathic nonsense that worked rather than 300 years of medical science, a surgeon with 45 years of experience and years of drug R and D. Yes, but have you considered all the research I did while taking a poop yesterday? I'm a bit of a big time expert now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVHEfZYzb0 ...'re out!!
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Heath posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVHEfZYzb0 loving  !
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He's going for a Noh hitter.
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Knormal posted:He's going for a Noh hitter.
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Cocaine Bear posted:Yes, but have you considered all the research I did while taking a poop yesterday? I'm a bit of a big time expert now. yes we've seen your posting
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Knormal posted:He's going for a Noh hitter. 
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Knormal posted:He's going for a Noh hitter.
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Data Graham posted:That smiley makes me think you're not being entirely serious I enjoyed it. It was pleasant to watch. I haven't read the source material, though. 
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RoeCocoa posted:I enjoyed it. It was pleasant to watch. I haven't read the source material, though. 
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Knormal posted:He's going for a Noh hitter. I cackled so hard I woke the cat up, good job.
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"Oh Seer and oracle of our people, the skies turned red and the sky rained blood and frogs! Our people are in distress! What does it mean?" "None."
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“A man arrived with good news! Is this a good omen or bad? I just can’t tell!”
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People be like "the internet is wild as hell." Same people have no clue how stupid memes were before the internet, loving tying a raven to a tree...that was like rick rolling back then.
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Amphigory posted:WHY EVEN DESCRIBE THE ONES WITH "NONE" Not a bad idea. Teach people that not everything is some portent of doom. "Look yonder! A dog licking its own nards! Are the gods displeased with us?!"
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Data Graham posted:Were any of those supposed to be surprising, or ... ? I dunno, finding eagle droppings wouldn't seem like good news if you've got sheep about to give birth to their lambs, but apparently Ye Olde Timey Turkic Phenomenology blanket disagrees with me.
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