The more I read about the Pirahã people, the more I think they're genetically normal and their culture is just extremely powerful.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing powerful in the sense that it's resistant to infiltration?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage Nope. You don't feel that's a little Occam's Butterknifey?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471@cwage There's a small chance they're a true genetic isolate, unable to breed w/ the Portuguese they prostitute themselves to1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@JayMan471@cwage do you think that's likely?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@cwage Well, the "culture" explanation makes even less sense, right?4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471 I heavily leaned toward genetic isolate until just the past couple days when I read everything again. They look so normal!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Well, they may be otherwise normal. I think that's overly Whorfian to assume language can cost counting ability/recursion.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@JayMan471 I'm not saying any of them are going to win a Fields Medal ;)
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