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Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of SCIENCE? (lemmy.world)
submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Feel free to remove this, mods, if it's too tangential to modern science, but I thought the community might find this early nature vs. nurture hypothesis amusing

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

But he laboured in vain, for the children could not live without clappings of the hands, and gestures, and gladness of countenance, and blandishments.

Am I the only one who interpretes this as "well, they died"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It sounds to me it's saying you had to do things like clap your hands to get their attention, gesture to communicate what you wanted them to do, and that you had to do so kindly and patiently or else they may not respond well. Alternatively, maybe it was the children who had to clap their hands and gesture, but then I'm not sure how they'd speak blandishments (kind, gentle encouragements, like "good job!") to others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Just looked it up. They all died quickly. It's literally just "they couldn't live without it."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Iirc, they did, yes

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I would be very impressed of any of them were still alive 800 years later