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Gay Caveman
Check it out. Archaeologists have discovered what some think is a gay caveman in the Czech Republic, which just goes to show that Europeans have always been totally gay. It also goes a long way to explaining how accepting they are of homosexuals in Czechoslovakia.
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God damnit! I'm not a caveman!SumDumQuim wrote:But I thought you were from Australia?
Possible, but from what I've heard they were buried with all the trappings that were usual for a burial at the time, so there was a modicum of respect involved. This person was clearly still a part of the community rather than an outcast.Sal wrote:Isn't it possible they buried him in a feminine manner as a sort of eternal "fuck you?
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If anyone ever wondered how inexact a science archeology really is, then, well, look no further. To use one of my new favorite acronyms, this "discovery" is what one might refer to as a SWAG, as in: Scientific Wild-Ass Guess.
The sun shines in my bedroom
when you play;
and the rain it always starts
when you go away
when you play;
and the rain it always starts
when you go away
I have two friends that work in argaeology and they said something very similar to what you said.AtemHutlrt wrote:If anyone ever wondered how inexact a science archeology really is, then, well, look no further. To use one of my new favorite acronyms, this "discovery" is what one might refer to as a SWAG, as in: Scientific Wild-Ass Guess.
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That's a particularly unfortunate typo.Crazy Elf wrote:Well if they work in argaeology aren't they studying how people were gay in the past? Seems their methods of determination would be higher than in archaeology.DV8 wrote:I have two friends that work in argaeology and they said something very similar to what you said.
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It's interesting how science plays out in the popular media. Scientific articles are usually full of careful wordings and caveats. Those get erased in the mainstream blurbs and everythign is reduced to a simple half-truth that gets remembered by the masses. It's like the level of truths as "you use only 10% of your brain" is what they are actually aspiring to.
I think that scientists who pander to the press tended to face disdain from scientists thought it helped their book sales. Now, I think their universities congratulate them for getting any kind of notice.
And I'm still annoyed that they dumbed down Scientific American.
I think that scientists who pander to the press tended to face disdain from scientists thought it helped their book sales. Now, I think their universities congratulate them for getting any kind of notice.
And I'm still annoyed that they dumbed down Scientific American.
There have been some studies about how damaging this is to public perception of science, partially the public then perceives that science constantly is providing certainty, and then contradicting that certainty. They don't know that the original finding didn't include certainty, and the way it's reported makes them forget that science isn't about certainty. These kinds of simplifications are profoundly common in human experience - it's a natural way for us to condense information for transmission or recall - but they're often highly damaging to the accurate perception of the world.Nicephorus wrote:It's interesting how science plays out in the popular media. Scientific articles are usually full of careful wordings and caveats. Those get erased in the mainstream blurbs and everythign is reduced to a simple half-truth that gets remembered by the masses.
Maybe he was gay. Maybe the burial had some other significance. We don't and really can't know completely. I wouldn't be too surprised, really, some of the oldest poetry the germans made haves a pretty strong male vibe.
But I'm skeptical as to how sure we can be of sexual orientation from burial ceremonies, but, hey, still kinda neat.
Matter fact, I'm still skeptical about how much we can tell about languages spoken and how far groups migrated. It's all so long ago.
But I'm skeptical as to how sure we can be of sexual orientation from burial ceremonies, but, hey, still kinda neat.
Matter fact, I'm still skeptical about how much we can tell about languages spoken and how far groups migrated. It's all so long ago.
I suspect that people who speak or write properly are up to no good, or homersexual, or both
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