(July 21, 2021 at 5:56 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(July 21, 2021 at 5:48 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Do anthropologists really fall in love with (and end up pseudo-believing in) the mythology of indigenous cultures which they study?
Or is that just a Hollywood trope?
Are you referring to a specific movie or set of movies?
The Relic is the only example I can think of off hand. But there was a Twilight Zone (Outer Limits?-- something like that) that I saw this theme expressed in. I've also seen it elsewhere.