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Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)
RE: Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)
(August 19, 2019 at 2:29 pm)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: At work.

(August 19, 2019 at 2:16 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Seriously?

That’s all they are?

They’re often the thoughts and daily goings on of people in a list culture long gone.

They give us insights to their culture, their laws, and how they lived their lives.

Dismissing them as “squiggles” is an insult to those who came before us and those of us who are interested in these ancient peoples, as well as those who dedicate their lives learning about them.

There are lost squiggles of the Greeks I would love to have rediscovered.

The writings of the Minoans (Those that we have) would be fascinating.  A culture that has no known depiction of war. Amazing.

This is actually a good example of how writing from the past can be little more than 'squiggles' to us today. We have texts from the Minoans. But they are written in a script that we have not been able to decipher. One reason is that we don't have a lot of examples of this text (about 2 pages worth). There is also a form of Cretan hieroglyphics, which is also unreadable to us today.

It would be wonderful to decipher these languages, but at this point nobody seems to have any idea how to do so.
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