05-02-2015, 02:48 PM
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Originally posted by dakine
For those, like Kapoho Joe, who may have missed it, I think this earlier post by punafish, and the link included, is well worth reading
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Originally posted by punafish
Interesting discussion. Just to add a little spice, new research that questions many assumptions we hold near and dear to our hearts, for example the impact of culture on behavior, cognition, even our individual "hardwiring". Here's a fascinating article that touches on the concept of "cultural memory" (but definitely not "racial"). A snippet:
"Studies show that Western urban children grow up so closed off in man-made environments that their brains never form a deep or complex connection to the natural world. While studying children from the U.S., researchers have suggested a developmental timeline for what is called “folkbiological reasoning.” These studies posit that it is not until children are around 7 years old that they stop projecting human qualities onto animals and begin to understand that humans are one animal among many. Compared to Yucatec Maya communities in Mexico, however, Western urban children appear to be developmentally delayed in this regard. Children who grow up constantly interacting with the natural world are much less likely to anthropomorphize other living things into late childhood.
Given that people living in WEIRD societies don’t routinely encounter or interact with animals other than humans or pets, it’s not surprising that they end up with a rather cartoonish understanding of the natural world. “Indeed,” the report concluded, “studying the cognitive development of folkbiology in urban children would seem the equivalent of studying ‘normal’ physical growth in malnourished children.”
http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/j...mics-53135
For people who clamor about disrespecting native hawaiian culture, you sure like to crap on western cultures.
As far as I am concerned crap away, just don't get upset when your are shown the same amount disrespect as you show.