Watching this clip was one of the worst Flash video experiences I have ever had. Ridiculously laggy. On another note, watching this video was also one of the most humbling experiences I have ever had.
Why was it humbling?
Aerial footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe
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#12I wonder what kind of disturbance just the helicopter (or whatever method was used to capture the footage) caused on the tribe. Obviously the tribe was aware of it, but if they've never been contacted, would they be able to even fathom what such a thing is? I'm genuinely curious because I'm also genuinely ignorant on how "uncontacted" tribes like that are and what their civilization is like. Could anyone enlighten me…
I would expect that it would do what every other unexplainable but repeated phenomena did in pre-scientific cultures, become part of the mythology. See: Weather.
But my only anthropology was a few GE classes in undergrad, so maybe someone with actual knowledge can chime in?
Hopefully future history books (or niche Ph.D. theses more likely ...) won't include a section about the bloody war between the plane-ists and the aplane-ists, over the deep theological issue of gods made manifest and physically watching over you... [See discussion below, not meant as a dig about this specific video or this specific group of people]
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#13http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/01/5965571-newl... This has better photos. According to NBC report in 2008, an agency has been aware of the tribe and have been tracking (and not contacting) them since 1910.
They mostly likely have had contact with some people. In the first photo, you can make out a nice machete and a pot.
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#16Poor poor people - they'll be better off if we stay away.
EDIT: There is absolutely no chance that our western society has 'got it right'. If you think otherwise, I'm afraid you're deluding yourself.
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#17The footage almost looks like clips from the movie Avatar.
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#18http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/01/5965571-newl... This has better photos. According to NBC report in 2008, an agency has been aware of the tribe and have been tracking (and not contacting) them since 1910.
They mostly likely have had contact with some people. In the first photo, you can make out a nice machete and a pot.
Supposedly this is due to intertribal trade, rather than direct contact with the larger outside communities.
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#19Realistically, they're on borrowed time. I mean, the common cold (etc, etc) isn't going to play nice once it finally hits them.
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#20I hope this undisturbed group of Emacs users is allowed to continue their peaceful way of life.