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10th Jul

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

by Jared Diamond

Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially created by God but evolved along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress.

(Source: tetw)

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    Interesting points brought up here.
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    “Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially...
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    Hmmm…
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    Hmmmm some food got thought
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    reblogging to read later
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    Dark ages fucked us up
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    by Jared Diamond Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe. From biology we learned that we...
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