A Tale of Two Fundraisers

[Zincwarrior]

I am sure that someone here will chime in and tell us why it happened this way. What about the USA? Indians were here for thousands of years and didn't even invent a wheel. Why?

They had the wheel. They did not use it for transportation.

Why the Aztecs, Inca, and Maya never invented the wheel

They had the technology. So why didn't they use it? In some places, like the Andes mountains, wheels just weren't practical.

bigthink.com

 

[80zephyr]

Small differences would matter, only if they appeared in all members of the various ethnic groups.

However, it is a fact, that they do not.

This debunks the entire idea of "scientific racism."

Scientific racism - Wikipedia

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Please tell me, which attributes are in 100% of the human race, if that is your litmus test?

 

[80zephyr]

They had the wheel. They did not use it for transportation.

Why the Aztecs, Inca, and Maya never invented the wheel

They had the technology. So why didn't they use it? In some places, like the Andes mountains, wheels just weren't practical.

bigthink.com

I have read conflicting information on this. Some say they did, others say they did not.

 

[MisterBeale]

Some say they did, others say they did not.

Translation:

Scholars document that they did, racists claim they did not.

 

[80zephyr]

False equivalence - Wikipedia

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Why? You do know that some very knowledgeable, educated people believe it to be so. Because they believe it, would you believe it?

 

[80zephyr]

Translation:

Scholars document that they did, racists claim they did not.

Nope. Some believe that Indians "invented" a wheel after the arrival of the white man. Why is everything about race with you?

 

[80zephyr]

I posted that link, in the hopes you might learn something;

"An ad hominem argument is a personal attack against the source of an argument, rather than against the argument itself. Essentially, this means that ad hominem arguments are used to attack opposing views indirectly, by attacking the individuals or groups that support these views.. . . "

Ad hominem - Wikipedia

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This? Is a personal attack in lieu of refuting his arguments.

So when I cite facts, and you call me a racist, you are using an ad hominem attack, right?

 

[Zincwarrior]

I have read conflicting information on this. Some say they did, others say they did not.

Interesting. I will note that the Mayan calendar was a wheel. Wheels are less useful when you don't have large enough animals to pull them. There was the Buffalo, but getting near a wild buffalo tends to shorten your lifespan considerably...

EDIT: Native Americans in el Norte America were particularly fond of travois, which could relatively easily be pulled by a person or a doggo.

 

[MisterBeale]

Interesting. I will note that the Mayan calendar was a wheel. Wheels are less useful when you don't have large enough animals to pull them. There was the Buffalo, but getting near a wild buffalo tends to shorten your lifespan considerably...

Buffalo do not lend themselves to being domesticated any more than the Zebra. And the area of Llama domestication did not lend itself easily to anything more than foot paths.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Buffalo do not lend themselves to being domesticated any more than the Zebra. And the area of Llama domestication did not lend itself easily to anything more than foot paths.

Further Llamas are only in one region of the Americas. They are also assholes.

 

[80zephyr]

Interesting. I will note that the Mayan calendar was a wheel. Wheels are less useful when you don't have large enough animals to pull them. There was the Buffalo, but getting near a wild buffalo tends to shorten your lifespan considerably...

EDIT: Native Americans in el Norte America were particularly fond of travois, which could relatively easily be pulled by a person or a doggo.

Wonder if a wheel would have helped?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Wonder if a wheel would have helped?

Its really a fair question. Pushing a cart in rough terrain is difficult. Just dragging my cart around shooting competitions is a pain. You don't get a lot of painting with people pushing/pulling carts by hand too much do you? (thats a real question).

 

[80zephyr]

Buffalo do not lend themselves to being domesticated any more than the Zebra. And the area of Llama domestication did not lend itself easily to anything more than foot paths.

Africa holds 65 percent of the world's arable land and 10 percent of its internal renewable fresh water sources. Finally, Africa is the home of multiple biodiversity hotspots and provides habitats for critical ecosystems, biomes and wildlife.

While the video has some good points, it also stretches credulity. China invented gunpowder, why did it take the white man to harness it properly? Any video that claims guns as to why certain areas advanced must answer that question.

 

[westwall]

I don't care what the kid was doing. Being an adult carries certain responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is not to attack /hurt/mistreat children. She could have calmly asked the kid to return what she thought he had stolen. Calling a 5 year old the N word was ignorant and hateful.
I wonder if she would have called a grown woman that word? My guess is no. A 5 year old can't fight you back can they?

Yeah, normal, non moronic people, DO care.

 

[MisterBeale]

Further Llamas are only in one region of the Americas. They are also assholes.