tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6274577060594951291..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: A Need To BelieveAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2050544892546261952009-08-26T21:53:07.718-04:002009-08-26T21:53:07.718-04:00My freshman year at the University of Rochester I...My freshman year at the University of Rochester I attended a Margaret Mead speech. Unfortunately, I don't remember a word she said. Years later, I find out that a researcher with U of R roots was at the forefront in <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=16461" rel="nofollow">discrediting</a> Margaret Mead’s research.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-81948815453590805862009-08-26T13:38:42.620-04:002009-08-26T13:38:42.620-04:00A few years a team of forensic anthropologists exa...A few years a team of forensic anthropologists examined the remains of pre-Columbian Indians. They found that fully 25% died of wounds inflicted during tribal warfare.Roy Lofquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16536815900678298041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-31897400817366792322009-08-26T10:21:15.147-04:002009-08-26T10:21:15.147-04:00To be fair, some of the burial axes I saw pictures...To be fair, some of the burial axes I saw pictures of <em>do</em> look stylized rather than useful, and some others are pretty clearly forms of money. The obvious question is "Why make money look like stylized war axes--unless you value war axes?"jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-7303484153784844422009-08-26T09:55:29.731-04:002009-08-26T09:55:29.731-04:00We do tend to find what we're looking for, don...We do tend to find what we're looking for, don't we?<br /><br />But then, anthropology, sociology, psychiatry are sciences not too amenable to the "disprovable theses" form of science that we know from physics, chemistry, etc. That leaves the practitioners at the mercy of, well, lots of things.<br /><br />I forget where I heard that histories tell us much more about the times in which they are written than the times of which they treat, but it seems like a useful insight.David Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394027173458971808noreply@blogger.com