Humans brought dogs around, and that made more dogs. That makes sense. But those humans definitely didn't tell other humans any stories or teach them their cultural ideas, because humans FAMOUSLY hate talking to other humans.
Finished! Great summary of your work so far. We have a lot of overlapping interests, so for me your Substack is one of the most interesting around. Glad you’re still writing.
I think you get a lot right in your Snake Cult and Eve theories, and I suspect that those who disagree strongly with you have their own personal/political/professional motivations for doing so that aren’t always about the raw facts. I think the ‘weirdness factor’ is also a part of it - we live in a comparatively stable, rational, regulated time, so some people struggle to comprehend just how weird the prehistoric world was.
I'm only about 15 minutes in, but I wanted to pause to say that it's been a little while since I last thought about personality theory, and I'm enjoying the revisit. The lexical hypothesis was such a brilliant insight.
Yeah, it's so simple and yet so powerful. It was also my introduction to Galton and then I later found out his legacy has been reduced to being an evil eugenicist motivated by hate. Part of what made me distrustful of shallow narratives about the past
Oh yeah this story I like must be older than dogs. Why? Because I don't like the idea that humans can spread ideas, like they did with dogs.
Humans brought dogs around, and that made more dogs. That makes sense. But those humans definitely didn't tell other humans any stories or teach them their cultural ideas, because humans FAMOUSLY hate talking to other humans.
You heard it first here, folks!
FYI, the formatting of the bullets for 12-25 is different from the rest (<ol> vs <ul>) and it's visually confusing.
TBH I was just too lazy to fix the bullet points
Finished! Great summary of your work so far. We have a lot of overlapping interests, so for me your Substack is one of the most interesting around. Glad you’re still writing.
I think you get a lot right in your Snake Cult and Eve theories, and I suspect that those who disagree strongly with you have their own personal/political/professional motivations for doing so that aren’t always about the raw facts. I think the ‘weirdness factor’ is also a part of it - we live in a comparatively stable, rational, regulated time, so some people struggle to comprehend just how weird the prehistoric world was.
I'm only about 15 minutes in, but I wanted to pause to say that it's been a little while since I last thought about personality theory, and I'm enjoying the revisit. The lexical hypothesis was such a brilliant insight.
Yeah, it's so simple and yet so powerful. It was also my introduction to Galton and then I later found out his legacy has been reduced to being an evil eugenicist motivated by hate. Part of what made me distrustful of shallow narratives about the past