And what caused the change from "True aboriginals are simple, good people" to "lazy and expect handouts"? Being forced to adopt the European 'advanced' lifestyle. No longer being able to live in the natural environment. Who gives a thought to asteroids or leaving the planet ?
Yes and they did it INSTINCTIVELY (which is what the Aborigines did with the boomerang), and by trial and error - NOT following anyone else. And they documented what THEY did; there was nothing before.
I do. I'm very aware that it is an unnecessary, polluting indulgence but hey, I'm just a grease spot on the face of the earth so I need something to keep me happy! We 'developed' humans are what's killing the earth. Aboriginal lifestyle could have lasted further millenia if continued.
Don't get me started on Musk I would love nothing better than to see him lose all that money he stole from the US taxpayer
VS our current high infertility rates (18% of kids born now are IVF); high childhood mental health rates; totally immobilised and unresponsive half-dead people being kept alive for years; yeah we've got it all sorted... I'm not saying aboriginal traditional life was nirvana, but for all our brilliant inventions a big chunk of Australian lives are not much better than neanderthals - just they have cars and airconditioning...
Karen, if an Aboriginal cures cancer before I die I'll send all my money to them, they've got six months
Again, big cultural difference - I don't think in the 17/1800s people expected to live forever... (still wishing you well though!)
More untruths from you. The actual number of IVF babies in Australia is about 1 in 20, so 5% The infertility rates keep getting skewed by women choosing to have children later in life when they are obviously less fertile “totally immobilised and unresponsive half dead people being kept alive for years” Seriously?
As for “high childhood mental health rates” put that down to social media, soft parenting failing to teach resilience, and a lefty education system where everyone is taught they are a victim of something. And, of course, the gravy train that is the NDIS where it is seen as a “win” to get your kid on it.
Sorry, 1 in 18 births, not 18%, my bad. Partly due to 'geriatric mothers' but male infertility is a problem as well.
Just going back to the argument re the boomerang and it couldn't be invented without an understanding of aerodynamics - what engineering 'knowledge' did the Egyptians read from to build the pyramids?
Looks like they did study aerodynamics after all. https://australianboomerangs.shop/the-first-boomerang-dreamtime-story *cough*
I really don’t know why I bother because you’re a class troll, but anyway, Ancient Egypt was a highly organised society, elites, middles class, workers and slaves etc. Formal education existed and they had great knowledge of measurement and geometry. Pretty obvious huh?
Yes, but they knew F all about fighting flies, frogs, locusts, blood and Red Sea surf. Just ask Yul (not Horse).
A few facts. Strange for Oz FChat I know. Egypt was not uniform, nor homogeneous. There was the ancient, middle, and new kingdoms. The upper and lower kingdoms. The Hellenic, Roman, and Ottoman periods. The middle kingdom built some big structures. The Roman period had vast concrete areas and veggie patches. And unsurprisingly the Hellenic period was characterised by the popularity of goats and gay spas.
