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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Dec 2017

    Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? Not If You Take Food Processing Into Account http://www.rachellaudan.com/2016/01/was-the-agricultural-revolution-a-terrible-mistake.html … via @rachellaudan

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      2. June Casketgrande‏ @JuneCasagrande 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        Not the complete picture if it's true that agricultural revolution caused an explosion in human populations (women stopped breastfeeding earlier 1. to work in fields & 2. cause could feed babies grains, making the women more fertile.) Food processing a relatively minor issue?pic.twitter.com/6e0024nl1d

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      3. June Casketgrande‏ @JuneCasagrande 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @JuneCasagrande @sapinker @rachellaudan

        These population explosions brought sanitation problems, greater exposure to communicable diseases, dependence on less-diverse food sources. All potentially rooted in lifestyle changes caused by agricultural revolution.

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      2.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        One word: beer.

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      3. Rachel Laudan‏ @rachellaudan 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Supreme_Owl_FTW @sapinker

        Farming for beer is another overblown claim, I'd say.

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      2. Debates with Bots‏ @jasfile 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        "Mistake" is loaded...it definitely changed things in some good ways and in some bad ways

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      3. Rachel Laudan‏ @rachellaudan 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @jasfile @sapinker

        As does any major historical change. Jared Diamond chose the word 'mistake' to attract attention, I assume.

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      2. THEONE‏ @INFJpowers 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        I'll stick with my plant based diet thanks.. and way less risk of disease..pic.twitter.com/D6NWwnb2oU

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      4. THEONE‏ @INFJpowers 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @MikeSmith_NZ @sapinker @rachellaudan

        Keep eating animal products then..pic.twitter.com/lfASSksQSv

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      2. Claudia Lischievici‏ @ClaudsLucas 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        Isn’t it a bit late to ask ourselves that?

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      3. Rachel Laudan‏ @rachellaudan 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @ClaudsLucas @ClaudiaLucas4 @sapinker

        Yes, by many thousand years. But a surprising number are asking it.

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      4. Claudia Lischievici‏ @ClaudsLucas 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @rachellaudan @sapinker

        Well there’s little we can do about it now 😂

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      1. Matthew Copple  🐍‏ @MatthewCopple 21 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        The Noble Savage is an idea that just will not die, no matter how much evidence is collected against it.

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      1. Kenneth Alexander Champ‏ @ChampKenneth 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        Not the only to take into account. The Agricultural Revolution a mistake?! What next?!!

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      1. Eduardo Alvarez‏ @EdAlvarezB 17 Dec 2017
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        A more complete take beyond food prep. Turns out nasty, brutish and short is about right https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/942151803528912896 …

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      1. Sambodhi Prem‏ @SambodhiPrem 17 Dec 2017
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        cc @AllanRSavory

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      2. Debates with Bots‏ @jasfile 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @rachellaudan

        It seems pretty clear that, given a choice, most of the hunter-gatherers of the Americas would have preferred their own way of life to that of the Europeans.

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      3. Rachel Laudan‏ @rachellaudan 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @jasfile @sapinker

        Not as clear to me as it is to you and not necessarily relevant as gradual leaning to farming thousands of years ago.

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      4. Debates with Bots‏ @jasfile 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @rachellaudan @sapinker

        It's not clear to you that native peoples preferred their traditional way of life to the Europeans'? Mmmkay...

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