I ask because the linked one is unavailable.

What should we think of other people’s religions, if our biggest concern is equality?

For the record I am a traditional polytheist, which means I do not deny the existence of other religions. I believe in the gods of every religion, and I just take out any exclusionary parts before I believe. So the logic of “what’s the point in religion when only one is true” pretty much crumbles when we go back in time to the pre-roman era and traditional polytheism.

Stories belonging to Australian Aboriginal groups tell of a time when the former coastline of mainland Australia was inundated by rising sea level. Stories are presented from 21 locations from every part of this coastline. In most instances it is plausible to assume that these stories refer to events that occurred more than about 7000 years ago, the approximate time at which the sea level reached its present level around Australia. They therefore provide empirical corroboration of postglacial sea-level rise. For each of the 21 locations, the minimum water depth (below the present sea level) needed for the details of the particular group of local-area stories to be true is calculated. This is then compared with the sea-level envelope for Australia (Lewis et al., Quaternary Science Reviews 74, 2013), and maximum and minimum ages for the most recent time that these details could have been observed are calculated. This method of dating Aboriginal stories shows that they appear to have endured since 7250–13 070 cal years bp (5300–11 120 bc). The implications of this extraordinary longevity of oral traditions are discussed, including those aspects of Aboriginal culture that ensured effective transgenerational communication and the possibility that traditions of comparable antiquity may exist in similar cultures.

This match was really fun, I had to use all My brainpower to win this one. PLB took the first game we played.

Aleksander Pushkin

@Mechoselachia@multiverse.soulism.net I had lots of fun playing with You

I know this fella is a realist, not a solipsist, but when realists start saying they don’t believe in real stuff, it’s just very funny. I love pretending to take them seriously.

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I’m Australian and cannot legally vote in US elections. So instead of voting against Trump, I campaigned against him online by telling people to vote for Harris. And campaigned for more refugee visas here in Australia.

Benovenon! Jen komunomo por GLAT-a Esperantistoj! Mi estas ne fakulo, sed Mi esperas fari akceptema kaj amuza komunumo.

Crossposted from !anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

It’s like looking at one of Hitler’s paintings. At first it looks decent, but then you notice how little the perspective makes sense and the utter lack of creative intent. Most of these posts look okay in a thumbnail, but you just can’t savour and appreciate them like you can with good art.

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How the history of military and government PSYOPS involving mind-control, UFOs, magic, and remote-control zombies, explains the future of AI and generative media. Along the way, talk attendees will be given an enrollment code to join a specialized CTF/ARG game called CYCLOPS that explores these themes and that will run the duration of Congress.