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by vondur 2893 days ago
I’m seriously wondering if the article is just trolling.
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RachelF 2893 days ago
No there's a serious belief in this, mainly among well-fed white intellectuals who believe in the "noble savage'.

Yuval Harari, author of the excellent "Sapiens" also believes it.

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chx 2893 days ago
> Yuval Harari, author of the excellent "Sapiens"

Uh huh, Sapiens as excellent... there are ... problems. Some:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5613ac/in_hi...

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4xvsia/how_d...

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couchand 2893 days ago
I'm confident it is, though back in 1987 it was just called sarcasm.
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