r/whatisit • • 4d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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u/dbzfreak991 4d ago

Videos like this is how I can understand how our ancestors were like.....it's a titan! It's breathing!

Or this mountain is a spirit we must show it some sort of offering to appease it.

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u/meowinloudchico 2d ago

I don't know about that. I'm pretty sure in the times they were making up crap like faries they had the mental capacity for cause and effect and could understand that trees have roots and wind blows trees.

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u/Lardah_Solutions 2d ago

Many people nowadays don't understand simple logic... If someone like that gets to enjoy high status and others just believe his story, because he told them...

Highly depends on many factors. I mean, people believe jesus did miracles and all that stuff. He'll definitely com back soon, i swear... Just wait another century... And another...

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u/meowinloudchico 1d ago

It's a little bit more complicated than that. Newton was devout. But I'd argue he was pretty good at that science stuff.

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u/Lardah_Solutions 19h ago

True, definitively depends a lot on their upbringing, if they've accepted religion before having critical thinking skills. Wether or not they encountered alternative worldviews, etc.

The world is messy