Are Some Cultures Superior to Others?

[regent]

I suspect it always goes back to Jefferson's pursuit of happiness.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

Nigeria is superior to ours.... Lol

 

[peach174]

This is but one of many discoveries from Amazon tribes that are showing modern scientists the use of the plants there.
Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

The world may soon benefit from a plant long-used by indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon for toothaches, eliminating the need for local injections in some cases

 

[Publius1787]

I was going by mentality you went with technology.
So yes technology always wins.
This is what I was asking.
Just to be able to mow anyone down because of their technological ability does not make them superior mentally.
Cultures can and should be rated on the basis of their values.
Most modern medicine would never know today, the value of certain medicinal jungle plants if it weren't for their knowledge.

No one said anything about moeing anyone down. And mentally superior? How is a tribe wearing loin cloth in the middle of a jungle with short life expectancy, malnutrition, selling off their women, raping young boys and girls, a gleaming example of a superior culture? I think you should take a closer look at these tribes. I would suggest reading it as the Nat Geo channel doesn't exactly show it on their shows.

Most modern medicine? Most?!

 

[Publius1787]

This is but one of many discoveries from Amazon tribes that are showing modern scientists the use of the plants there.
Amazon plant yields miracle cure for dental pain

The world may soon benefit from a plant long-used by indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon for toothaches, eliminating the need for local injections in some cases

I found another cure for dental pain. Opium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Publius1787]

How sad you weren't being serious. The contributions of ancient Africa to our society and culture today are tremendous.

Africa's Contribution To Contemporarily Western Civilization

The 7 Natural Wonders of Africa | Africa Geographic Blog

Perhaps so, but not as significant as European contributions to African societies.

Having nothing to be proud of themselves Africa has to steal accomplishments from Egypt. Including sadly enough post Alexander Egypt.

Worse yet, post Islamic invasion North Africa. Evidently Afrocentrists think that Islam was invented in Africa and did not arrive by Arabs slaughtering North Africans and subjugating them if they did not fight for or practice Islam. Indeed, among the latter years of African history Islam was the predominant influence in the advanced regions. The wheel had not been invented in parts of southern Africa by 1800. Nevertheless, I still want to know what cultures he spoke of. I would also like a few examples of cultural superiority.

 

[Katzndogz]

If you don't believe me, just ask the Reverend Al Sharpton.

How sad you weren't being serious. The contributions of ancient Africa to our society and culture today are tremendous.

Africa's Contribution To Contemporarily Western Civilization

The 7 Natural Wonders of Africa | Africa Geographic Blog

Perhaps so, but not as significant as European contributions to African societies.

Having nothing to be proud of themselves Africa has to steal accomplishments from Egypt. Including sadly enough post Alexander Egypt.

 

[peach174]

Medicinal Treasures of the Rainforest: Discover the healing resources of the Amazon

Seventy percent of the 3000 plants identified by the United States National Cancer Institute as having potential anti-cancer properties are endemic to the rainforest. Tropical forest species serve Western surgery and internal medicine in three ways. First, extracts from organisms can be used directly as drugs. For maladies ranging from nagging headaches to lethal contagions such as malaria, rainforest medicines have provided modern society with a variety of cures and pain relievers.

• Quinine, an aid in the cure of malaria, is an alkaloid extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree found in Latin America and Africa.

• From the deadly poisonous bark of various curare lianas, used by generations of indigenous peoples in Latin America, has been isolated the alkaloid d-turbocuarine, which is used to treat such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other muscular disorders. It also permits tonsillectomies, eye, abdominal and other kinds of surgery due to its anesthetic qualities.

• From Africa, Madagascar's rosy periwinkle provides two important anti-tumor agents. One provides for a 99 percent chance of remission in cases of lymphocytic leukemia. The other offers a life in remission to 58 percent of Hodgkin's Disease sufferers. In 1960, only 19 percent had a chance for survival. Commercial sales of drugs derived from this one plant are about US$160 million a year.

• Without wild yams from Mexico and Guatemala, society would be without diosgenin and cortisone, the active ingredients in birth control pills. Until recently this plant provided the world with its entire supply of diosgenin.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

N

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Are Some Folks Superior to Others?

Publius 1787 isn't.

He's intellectually superior to you so far. At least he can come up with a reasonable question to ask.

I was going by mentality you went with technology.
So yes technology always wins.
This is what I was asking.
Just to be able to mow anyone down because of their technological ability does not make them superior mentally.
Cultures can and should be rated on the basis of their values.
Most modern medicine would never know today, the value of certain medicinal jungle plants if it weren't for their knowledge.

The mentality is what produces the technology. Superior cultures have the mind set of going out and discovering new lands and they develop ships and train crews that are capable of doing that. They go to the moon, they explore the land and settle it and they build railroads across it. In the process they run into cultures whose mentality is to keep the status quo, don't step out of the box, don't reach for greater things.

In current terms progressive's have become the reverse of progressing. They want to go back to full government control of their lives. They want regulation and to stop people with ideas from implementing them. They want to cease using technology already developed because they think the earth can't handle it. Much like those that wouldn't venture out because the earth was flat.

Previously superior cultures always cease to become that because of their own actions.

 

[whitehall]

It depends on the temperature, the growth medium and the cleanliness of the petri dish.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Haven't you posted this exact poll a million times already?

 

[Publius1787]

Medicinal Treasures of the Rainforest: Discover the healing resources of the Amazon

Seventy percent of the 3000 plants identified by the United States National Cancer Institute as having potential anti-cancer properties are endemic to the rainforest. Tropical forest species serve Western surgery and internal medicine in three ways. First, extracts from organisms can be used directly as drugs. For maladies ranging from nagging headaches to lethal contagions such as malaria, rainforest medicines have provided modern society with a variety of cures and pain relievers.

• Quinine, an aid in the cure of malaria, is an alkaloid extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree found in Latin America and Africa.

• From the deadly poisonous bark of various curare lianas, used by generations of indigenous peoples in Latin America, has been isolated the alkaloid d-turbocuarine, which is used to treat such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other muscular disorders. It also permits tonsillectomies, eye, abdominal and other kinds of surgery due to its anesthetic qualities.

• From Africa, Madagascar's rosy periwinkle provides two important anti-tumor agents. One provides for a 99 percent chance of remission in cases of lymphocytic leukemia. The other offers a life in remission to 58 percent of Hodgkin's Disease sufferers. In 1960, only 19 percent had a chance for survival. Commercial sales of drugs derived from this one plant are about US$160 million a year.

• Without wild yams from Mexico and Guatemala, society would be without diosgenin and cortisone, the active ingredients in birth control pills. Until recently this plant provided the world with its entire supply of diosgenin.

Most?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Are Some Folks Superior to Others?

Publius 1787 isn't.

He's intellectually superior to you so far.

No, he isn't, and you are far behind both of us.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Are Some Folks Superior to Others?

Publius 1787 isn't.

He's intellectually superior to you so far.

No, he isn't, and you are far behind both of us.

I didn't see your reply, you leading from behind again?

 

[Wake]

I don't subscribe to the notion that all cultures are equal.

Chinese culture, for one, is an example of a truly superior culture, considering their expansive history.

 

[Political Junky]

 

[Katzndogz]

Medicinal Treasures of the Rainforest: Discover the healing resources of the Amazon

Seventy percent of the 3000 plants identified by the United States National Cancer Institute as having potential anti-cancer properties are endemic to the rainforest. Tropical forest species serve Western surgery and internal medicine in three ways. First, extracts from organisms can be used directly as drugs. For maladies ranging from nagging headaches to lethal contagions such as malaria, rainforest medicines have provided modern society with a variety of cures and pain relievers.

• Quinine, an aid in the cure of malaria, is an alkaloid extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree found in Latin America and Africa.

• From the deadly poisonous bark of various curare lianas, used by generations of indigenous peoples in Latin America, has been isolated the alkaloid d-turbocuarine, which is used to treat such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and other muscular disorders. It also permits tonsillectomies, eye, abdominal and other kinds of surgery due to its anesthetic qualities.

• From Africa, Madagascar's rosy periwinkle provides two important anti-tumor agents. One provides for a 99 percent chance of remission in cases of lymphocytic leukemia. The other offers a life in remission to 58 percent of Hodgkin's Disease sufferers. In 1960, only 19 percent had a chance for survival. Commercial sales of drugs derived from this one plant are about US$160 million a year.

• Without wild yams from Mexico and Guatemala, society would be without diosgenin and cortisone, the active ingredients in birth control pills. Until recently this plant provided the world with its entire supply of diosgenin.

None of which makes the culture superior to any other culture.

 

[rdean]

Anything is better than "Southern Goober".

 

[Howey]

How sad you weren't being serious. The contributions of ancient Africa to our society and culture today are tremendous.

Africa's Contribution To Contemporarily Western Civilization

The 7 Natural Wonders of Africa | Africa Geographic Blog

Perhaps so, but not as significant as European contributions to African societies.

Having nothing to be proud of themselves Africa has to steal accomplishments from Egypt. Including sadly enough post Alexander Egypt.

Umm...Egypt is in Africa.