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certainot

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24. smarter and more educated in the ways of the world. "only the closed mind is certain" said Dean

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #21)

Fri Jan 6, 2023, 05:58 PM

Jan 2023

Spanley (name of a movie, the character in).

fear of uncertainty/the need for certainty put big limits on imagination and creativity

fantastic book! the most subversive book ever written...

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knr and thank you for this fascinating information. niyad Jan 2023 #1

Further down in the article: jeffreyi Jan 2023 #2

+1. those types of belief are pretty outdated stopdiggin Jan 2023 #8

I though we have been getting dumber as compared to people from the past. airplaneman Jan 2023 #10

I dunno. temporary311 Jan 2023 #19

They theorized that brain development Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #12

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Science fiction is zanny Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #21

smarter and more educated in the ways of the world. "only the closed mind is certain" said Dean certainot Jan 2023 #24

I'll have to read it Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #26

Well, if they were all THAT smart..... COL Mustard Jan 2023 #22

Smarter... Most of us .... reACTIONary Jan 2023 #29

Human history unfolding as each one of us. cachukis Jan 2023 #3

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Appreciate you catching that. I have come to the conclusion cachukis Jan 2023 #31

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Hope this comes through. cachukis Jan 2023 #37

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There is a swiss army knife stone tool found all over cachukis Jan 2023 #39

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interesting some different though republianmushroom Jan 2023 #4

"Big deal. I can drink a beer underwater" Ray Bruns Jan 2023 #5

And forge checks in Portuguese! peppertree Jan 2023 #6

I've often wondered about geniuses and prodigies who were born too early central scrutinizer Jan 2023 #7

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Too Good Faux pas Jan 2023 #9

I don't buy it -- these amateur codebreaker types always read too much into too little. paulkienitz Jan 2023 #11

They seem to be a little bit cautious chowder66 Jan 2023 #14

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that's why I said "27 stellar alignments" paulkienitz Jan 2023 #41

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Whatever the results, I bet these ancients were a lot smarter that the Repubs in the Senate. Paper Roses Jan 2023 #13

"Code-breaking" like this is very difficult to prove, particularly with the small size of the Martin68 Jan 2023 #15

In 50,000yrs. they'll dig up a laptop out of the dirt packman Jan 2023 #16

Hunter Biden's laptop no doubt. flashman13 Jan 2023 #23

The laptop will be ground to dust. What they'll most likely find Warpy Jan 2023 #25

Mysterious ?? You mean they weren't used to play Carceres et Dracones ? nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2023 #35

It would have been a boring and predictable game Warpy Jan 2023 #36

Yay! The learned professions, schooled by ordinary people again! bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #18

Cool YoshidaYui Jan 2023 #20

Fascinating. Thanks Hekate Jan 2023 #32

bad take. very bad take- mopinko Jan 2023 #34