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Old April 6th, 2008 #15
Itz_molecular
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Originally Posted by Sándor Petőfi View Post
How did you come to the conclusion that quality of life in say, Germany, is higher today than it was, say, four thousand years ago?
Uh , the fact that you will live past 40 . Of your 19 children , more than 2 will reach adulthood. That your over 30 and have more than 4 teeth in your head.
The last time your were stalked by a leopard or bear , was ? When the harvest failed and hunting wasn't good , your neighbors saw you as a viable food source . That lush forest you described looks much different with 2 meters of snow and a howling wind at 20 below zero . Your first 4 wives died in childbirth while still in their teens . If you want another one , you will have to raid the next tribe for a preteen girl , if they don't kill you . That is if the 'head man' of your tribe didn't decide there were too many males in the tribe already and had you castrated or killed before puberty . If your starving parents hadn't abandon you as an infant in the forest because there wasn't any food .

You're living in a Rousseauian daydream .

Sounds groovy , you have first booking on the time machine .

Last edited by Itz_molecular; April 6th, 2008 at 03:56 AM.