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Evergreen Dazed wrote: nigelswift wrote: Evergreen Dazed wrote: If you apply that type of single minded approach to a superstitious prehistoric society, I think it may produce results. You need the X factor though. If you are already the boss it might work, if you're a much respected dead ancestor it might work and if you have an exceptional magnetic personality it might work. We have lots of modern examples of those three working. But if you just assert stuff, and particularly if you can't back it up and people can't see it for themselves, it wont work. We have plenty of modern examples of that too so I don't see why the same wouldn't apply back then, even if people WERE more superstitious. Yes, I see that, but the X factor or the 'people need to see it for themselves' may only need to be a lucky coincidence! Or a bit of insight/intelligence above the norm. Or a bit of Paul Daniels magic. How is it done these days? If a politician looks trustworthy and repeats that he 'cares' about the things you care about, he gets the vote. We, human beings, are all rather gullible. Reply | with quote |  4th December 2012ce 15:36 In reply to: Re: New study challenges timeline (Evergreen Dazed) |
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