A short thread about truth: Certain African (iirc) tribes have evolved complicated cooking rituals to prepare specific plants, because otherwise you’ll be cursed by the ancestors or some similar explanation of calamity; (1/3)
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Replying to @dmcdougall @eigenrobot
Taking this a step further, what if we discover 200 years from now that our understanding of “chemical reactions” is oversimplified (or basically bs) - would us saying today that the chemical reactions rendered the food safe to eat be “true”?
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Replying to @KasperKubica @dmcdougall
"chemical reactions" is indeed massively oversimplified people barely understand that shit chemists least of all
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Replying to @eigenrobot @dmcdougall
My favorite thing about you is that I never have any idea how many levels of irony you’re operating on
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Replying to @KasperKubica @dmcdougall
well then I wont spoil it by elaborating :)
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