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Old 2009-10-01, 02:58   Link #2252
Cipher
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Originally Posted by Quzor View Post
That's putting far too much thought into the term. Hunter-gatherers don't believe in surviving, they just do what is necessary to survive. There's no set of belief structures associated with being a hunter-gatherer, to which someone may align themselves. In a sense, there's no way for a person to stand up and say "I am a hunter-gatherer, and this is what I believe!" You simply hunt and gather, and live for one more day.
I understand that this is a matter human instinct. But perhaps there are those, within a hunter-gatherer society, that do not "believe" in survivability. Ludicrous, it seems yeah? But still...
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