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Yes they were European horses, first brought by the Spanish. Once they arrived Native Americans started using horses quite quickly.
As an interesting cultural bullet. The American Cowboy tradition is heavily influenced by the Northern-Mexican Vaqueros.
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One mammoth - 2 boars, three mammoths - 8 boars, ten mammoths - 1024 boars? That's what exponential means. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
He said exponential returns on effort. i.e. Hunting a rabbit = 1 unit of effort and 1 unit of meat A boar = 4 units of effort and 16 units of meat A mammoth = 8 units of effort and 256 units of meat So it actually kind of makes sense here
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One mammoth - 2 boars, three mammoths - 8 boars, ten mammoths - 1024 boars? That's what exponential means. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
He said exponential returns on effort. i.e. Hunting a rabbit = 1 unit of effort and 1 unit of meat A boar = 4 units of effort and 16 units of meat A mammoth = 8 units of effort and 256 units of meat So it actually kind of makes sense here
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One mammoth - 2 boars, three mammoths - 8 boars, ten mammoths - 1024 boars? That's what exponential means. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
He said exponential returns on effort. i.e. Hunting a rabbit = 1 unit of effort and 1 unit of meat A boar = 4 units of effort and 16 units of meat A mammoth = 8 units of effort and 256 units of meat So it actually kind of makes sense here
I understand what was said, I just don't like when people use "exponential" as a synonym for "huge". There's nothing inherently exponential in meat to effort ratio.