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DetlefK

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5. The correct term would be '"folklore", not "traditional knowledge".

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 07:49 AM

Feb 2018

If you mix knowledge with tales and rituals and traditions, it becomes folklore. And then the problem is sifting the original knowledge from these tales and rituals and traditions.

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Its taken thousands of years, but Western science is finally catching up to Traditional Knowledge [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2018 OP

KICK..............Life is strange Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #1

lov eyour science reports. thanks OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #2

What this article labels "Traditional Knowledge" is really just "Western Science." trotsky Feb 2018 #3

Thumbs up, Trotsky SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #4

Modern science was developed in Europe, however we have to... DetlefK Feb 2018 #6

The correct term would be '"folklore", not "traditional knowledge". DetlefK Feb 2018 #5