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Scientists Analyze Amazonian Tribe That Has No Concept of Time or Dates

Ever wish there were more hours in your day?  Imagine a world in which the time plays a very limited role in your life — a world where you’re free from schedules, calendars and the stresses of keeping up with the daily grind.

Enter the Amondawa tribe, a group of people scientists say have no concept of dates, times and the like.  Seem impossible?  Well, it’s not.

Scientists Analyze Amazonian Tribe That Has No Concept of Time or Dates

Scientists have analyzed this unique culture and have found that time is such a foreign concept that they don‘t even have words for ’day,‘ ’year,‘ ’week‘ or ’month.’  Chris Sinha, a professor at the University of Portsmouth, tells Mail Online that this “…is the first time scientists have been able to prove time is not a deeply entrenched universal human concept.”  Sinha says:

‘We can now say without doubt that there is at least one language and culture which does not have a concept of time as something that can be measured, counted or talked about in the abstract.

‘This doesn’t mean that the Amondawa are “people outside time”, but they live in a world of events, rather than seeing events as being embedded in time.’

In a way, the Amondawa lead simplistic lives.  Rather than focusing in on hours, their time is divided into day and night and their seasons are split into “rainy” and “dry.”  And guess what?  They’re ageless!  Okay, this is clearly an impossibility, but, unlike other cultures, the Amondawa don’t keep track of years accumulated:

Instead, they change their names to reflect their life-stage and position within their society.

For example, a little child will give up their name to a newborn sibling and take on a new one.

While scientists were certain that time was deep-rooted into our brains, the Amondawa throw a wrench into that theory.  As more attention comes to this tribe, one wonders how long they’ll be able to continue avoiding a concept the rest of us are so focused upon.

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  • liberalsarealiens
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:17pm

    Take me away!

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  • nappy
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:09pm

    That picture is from the Arizona border.

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  • starman70
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:07pm

    DON’T TELL THEM! Let them alone. they are less stressed than anyone anywhere in the world.

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  • paulusmaximus
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Nobody would be so amazed if they just looked at how long it takes our representatives to form a budget. Talk about no concept of time!

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  • reaganrr
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:06pm

    if you read the article carefully, they do exactly the opposite of the headline…they just use different tags for time…rainy season v. dry season…change of names at certain ‘ times ’ in their life…why do people have to create something out of nothing…

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:29pm

      Because scientists are obviously “smart people”. We little folk are “dumb people” especially conservatives. Tribal people are stone age specimens to be poked, prodded and studied like lab animals. No one looks for the brilliance in their activity. Granted, some of the customs are really backward, but many things they do….many in modern society could learn from.

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  • mossbrain
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:06pm

    You can experience a timeless state. You have to switch your sense of self from the flow of thoughts to the actual sensation of your body being alive. It‘s like those optical illusions where you can see one thing or another but not both at the same time and it’s rather difficult to switch back and forth usually. Google search “optical illusion, the wife or the mother in law” your whole sense of self can switch like that.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:15pm

      you spend too much time standing on your head

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:23pm

      I would guess dropping lots of acid helps as well.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 7:39am

      Does the moss grow on the north side of your brain?

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  • Cheetosareus
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:05pm

    I’m al lot like that. I’m always accused of not being able to be “on time”. My husband says I have no concept of time. When he retired something strange also happened to him. Now he sometimes asks me what day it is. Last week I had to ask him what year it was. The event we are always aware of is when the retirement check comes on the first of every month. We may not be too different from the Amondawa. I just hope scientists don’t try to study us. We are very private and armed to boot.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:59pm

    i bet they know when its dinner time

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  • ZAP
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:56pm

    They might be French

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:55pm

    while i find this concept fascinating, i really doubt the absolute lack of an aspect of time

    im sure they have terms or and idea of the past, and remember that past in specific terms thus completely destroying the premise of this “”"”"”“scientific find ””"”"”"”"

    “scientists” seem to get lots of things wrong……………some accidentally, some through sheer ignorance, and most recently ……..intentionally

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:00pm

      I agree. Surely the question of when the guy with the cloths will be coming back must have popped up.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:54pm

    Einstein predicted this.
    Everything is relatives…

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  • biffo
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:52pm

    Ever wish there were more hours in your day? Imagine a world in which the time plays a very limited role in your life — a world where you’re free from schedules, calendars and the stresses of keeping up with the daily grind.

    You just described the obama plantation, welfare state. Stop pulling our legs.

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  • paperpushermj
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:51pm

    If they wanted to find someone with no concept of time or dates, I could have pointed them to my oldest son.

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  • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:51pm

    I wonder when the Christian brainwashers will go visit them and fill their minds with a heaping load of bunk.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:04pm

      I’m sure Trumpka is already on his way, so don’t worry.

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    • On The Bayou
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:14pm

      Hey Liberal Stinker, I heard they`ve found Obama`s long form birthcertificate burried in a mayo jar at the Amondawa site.

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    • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:18pm

      Scientifically speaking – where’s your evidence for that?

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    • On The Bayou
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:21pm

      It`s what heard stinker, just like the liberal media not based on facts, based on where Goerge Soros sinks his cash.

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    • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:28pm

      You heard? You heard? Well then, it MUST be true.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:35pm

      I‘ll betchya it’ll be sooner and more meaningful than any particular U.N. intervention on any given point of the globe in the last half century or so. At least with the Christians, they’re less likely to be abused and raped… and that’s including the Catholics.

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    • Seventeen_Year_Old_Politician
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 9:07am

      Apparently you missed the article on belief in God being part of human nature… Technically, that would mean being atheist is inhuman…. (I am a Christian, so this is in retaliation to you calling us brainwashers, when it is in fact the atheists trying to change human nature)

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  • biffo
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:51pm

    Ever wish there were more hours in your day? Imagine a world in which the time plays a very limited role in your life — a world where you’re free from schedules, calendars and the stresses of keeping up with the daily grind.

    Hey, wait a minute, you just described the obama plantation, welfare state. You almost had me.

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  • obama_binpharteen
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:50pm

    So they have no concept of times or dates but they are wearing what looks like modern day clothes from Sears or Gap.

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    • dizzyinthedark
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 1:21pm

      You know, I’m happy about that, at least it’s not from the drapery department of Sears or JC Penny where Kahdaffi or Hamas do their shopping!

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  • jim
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:49pm

    This was our life 100,000 years ago on the slopes of the Alps.

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:49pm

    I know some pot smokers who fit the same description: No concept of time or dates. They weren’t hard to discover.

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  • Reduce.Our.Govt.Footprint
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:47pm

    Wow, they look happy to me!!! I think this is somewhat impressive. No concept of time, if it were only that easy!

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:05pm

      At my age it starts to get that easy again. Sun comes up, I get up. Sun goes down, I go down. Morning I take my meds, at night I take my meds. On a good day an event happens and my bowels move. New event coming up…..2012 elections.

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  • Kalshion
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:47pm

    Give it ‘time’, eventaully some stupid human rights group will try to force our concepts onto them. Leave this tribe ALONE.

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  • Hobbs57
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:45pm

    It was my understanding that many of the indigenous peoples didn’t have concepts of time. Particularly the Aborigines. This is really much more fascinating than the article leads on to. People don’t realize how much stress and anxiety comes from living with time. The pressures and so forth. People would have expectations like, one should have a home, family, and good career going by 35, for example.

    SO much of everything that seems to technologically advance us, really inhibits our lives. However, with out the technology, our lives certainly wouldn’t be so long either. Since it took me a while to get life right, I guess I prefer the latter – Thanks be to God

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    • kindling
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:14pm

      I agree. I try to live in the moment and only get messed up when I find myself pushed about by the agenda of others. I have lived by my chickens time for years, up with the rooster and to bed when the chickens go in. On the topic of time, I have often wondered if the Bible time is based on our noon being the beginning of the new day. It is the only way it could be the same for all people no matter where they were. The Bible says the “evening and the morning were the first day” and so on. Well, evening starts as the sun passes the noon zenith. Morning begins as the sun starts its rise which is our midnight.

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:12pm

      Yeah, but if we just sat around all day eating bananas, weaving, and talking to monkeys then sure, I probably wouldn’t find the need either to say, “Well, it’s almost 6:30, I’d best be heading home.”

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  • kindling
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:45pm

    So, is it our job to bring them up to speed? I am so tired of America thinking we need to change the world. Next we will here these people live in poverty and we need to give them money to buy the things they need to be happy and productive. Frankly, I think these people are probably the richest people in the world and now that the world has found them they will start down the road to destruction. I see it starting now, those are not their native clothing.

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    • Kalshion
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:48pm

      Funny.. there’s no mention what-so-ever of ‘Americans’ in general trying to change this tribe. Now, perhaps an organization might attempt it.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:02pm

      I agree about the clothing,looks american to me, but i say the world needs to leave them alone and live they way they always have,in peace

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    • kindling
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:09pm

      I am speaking of all the do-gooders here that think we need to change the way other cultures live. It is just that these scientists have found people that have been found (probably missionaries) because these people are not wearing native clothing. I learned about these people when I was in college 30 years ago and they did not wear western clothing then. I am just upset because a family member keeps telling me how horrible people live in third world countries. Who are we to judge that people that have lived a particular way for thousands of years are living in poverty? If they are happy and productive why should they change? Who are we to judge what poverty is? I know this story is not about poverty, but it is about differences in cultures and where does it go from here.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:45pm

      They trade for the clothes,you cannot go into town or do anything anywhere except in your tribe unless you get dressed. They wear very little if anything at all. And to do anything in the area like go to school, they need to put something on. My crappy t-shirts got me lots of awesome tribal stuff including(but not limited to) a twenty foot blowgun with dipped darts! Customs didn’t bat an eye.

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  • Nobamazone
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:45pm

    How can this be? Scientists were CERTAIN… you mean…. they were WROOONNNNG? Don’t the scientists know everything?

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    • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:50pm

      No they don’t. They learn more as time goes on.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:58pm

      @ liberal non thinker

      but i thought the science was settled????

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    • scuba13
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:05pm

      They will say whatever they have to , so they can keep getting those funding dollars from taxpayers.

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    • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Science is a method, not an answer to a question, and it’s self-correcting.

      The amount of misunderstanding of science here is astonishing.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:16pm

      @ non- critical thinker

      obviously you are not a critical thinker, or you would have understood the blatant SARCASM in this thread, but

      YOU CANT FIX STUPID

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    • Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:19pm

      Well, I do know how you got your name…

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:20pm

      Except for Conservative , Republican, Corporate, Man_Made, GLOBAL WARMING. That is settled science. Non-Believers will be stoned. Al Gore said so. East Anglia U and Penn State said so.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:36pm

      In 1998 I spent time with the Panare in Venezuela(just as Hugo was being swept into office). They also have no words or concept of time and they are ageless…..My guess here is, there are a whole lot of tribes that do not measure or keep track of time. Is this remarkable? It is a different world, these are different people and we were the interlopers among them. They found our “time” amusing. Does anyone get out anymore?

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:38pm

      @lact, the amount of arrogant ignorance coming out of you is astonishing.

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    • nannyatnannydotgov
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:40pm

      You are right PSYCHOSIS! This troll’s amentia is most likely due to a coprophagous diet.

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    • Nobamazone
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:32pm

      @lact
      oh thank God I have you out there to set me straight, how silly of me, finally SOMEONE around who is an expert….. perhaps you should now set the scientists straight, many still think we evolved too.

      sci·ence   /ˈsaɪəns/ Show Spelled
      [sahy-uhns] Show IPA

      –noun
      1. a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
      2. systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
      3. any of the branches of natural or physical science.
      4. systematized knowledge in general.
      5. knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
      6. a particular branch of knowledge.
      7. skill, especially reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.

      There, now you can learn what science is and is not too! You will notice the definition contains the word “knowledge” several times, guess the scientists mentioned here missed that part. If you are having trouble comprehending maybe you can ask your mommy to explain it to you.

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    • RationalMan
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:17pm

      Nobamazone
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:45pm
      How can this be? Scientists were CERTAIN… you mean…. they were WROOONNNNG? Don’t the scientists know everything?

      Scientists weren’t wrong it”s how the article was written. Amondawa tribes maybe didn’t understand the words “Time”, “Day” i.e. however, tribes knows it changes from daylight to night (Time). But days and years, the article never mentions how the tribe keeps track. Scientist has never said that they know everything. Maybe it might be on Discover Channel. I hope so it’ll be interesting.

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    • BOMUSTGO
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 3:50am

      It looks like they knew it was TIME to eat!

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  • Willie Wonka
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:42pm

    Sounds like some of my employees………

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:12pm

      Have you ever watched a teenager on XBox, no concept of time either.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:54pm

      My wife…

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 10:25pm

      Look like Mexicans to me. Have they migrated that far and bred

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 10:21am

      Actually it sounds like my son when he was younger and now my son is experiencing the same strange behavior.

      Well by not knowing time or schedules, that means they probably missed Couric’s last broadcast… Oh wait, so did almost everyone else on the planet.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:41pm

    Must be democrats. The democrats and Obama still think it is the ‘60’s’.

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    • J4YM3
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:45pm

      LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msrq4lGqzK8

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    • KickinBack
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:47pm

      It’s amazing what kind of human cultures that can still be found in the world today. I wish I had no concept of time.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:55pm

      They found the McCains :D

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:59pm

      They found Al Gores second shakra. I wonder if they know where Jimmy Hoffa is?

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    • seeker9
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:04pm

      Bet they have an idea wha$1T dollars are either.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:08pm

      Chris Sinha, a professor at the University of Portsmouth, tells Mail Online that this “…is the first time scientists have been able to prove…
      ———–
      OK hold it right there,
      I get it ,
      this Prof has applied for a grant and this is a little PR to aid the coming assessment of his work .
      So how about someone publish the grants this Prof has applied for ?!

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:08pm

      @seeker9
      They did say they were still waiting for their Obama bucks, from his stash.

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    • AKMIIKEUS
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:24pm

      I first read the headlines, I thought I read Alaskan tribe and I thought of the Palins.

      Alaskan tribe, Amazon tribe, what’s the difference? Neither reads the news or magazines.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:31pm

      @KickinBack
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 6:47pm
      It’s amazing what kind of human cultures that can still be found in the world today. I wish I had no concept of time.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      I wish we’d never heard of Obama or Soetoro.

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    • Newt_Ca-Ching!_Rich!
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:36pm

      I was for Time and Space but this week I oppose them, Send Money Please.

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    • JoeBtfsplk
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:37pm

      Highly unlikely. Don’t believe half of it.

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    • Newt_Ca-Ching!_Rich!
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:37pm

      @Showtime
      Nice dog picture, handsome little fellow!

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    • chazman
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:38pm

      Soon they will wish they had never been found!

      (Unrelated!!) I just saw a picture of that moron Harry Reid on the Drudge Report with his right arm in a sling and a black eye. Did someone hopefully kick his dumb a$$? Anyone know what’s up with that? Just wondering …

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:39pm

      “‘This doesn’t mean that the Amondawa are “people outside time”, but they live in a world of events, rather than seeing events as being embedded in time.’”

      …

      “While scientists were certain that time was deep-rooted into our brains, the Amondawa throw a wrench into that theory.”

      We measure time in events all the time – the ticks of a watch are events, too; They are just a more sophisticated measure of events which help a civilized people coordinate economic ventures.

      The fact that these people don’t measure a lot of events just means that they are incredibly economically inefficient. This is a culture to be lamented and aided (if they want), not lauded.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 7:40pm

      I kind of expected clothing on them … “discover” .. when after they went to Walmart.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:21pm

      got milk ?
      http://www.infowars.com/the-war-on-milk-–-gm-dairy-and-cancer-links/

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    • bikerr
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:24pm

      I hope the libs don‘t try to adopt these people’s way ,beings how they want religion out of everything(including the Christian calander)!

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    • booger71
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Barry will give them all Rolex’s

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:55pm

      Give them cable and flat screen……..they will figure it out

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:57pm

      @Darmok:

      They must have found out the world will end saturday evening and declared “What me worry?”

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:07pm

      @ AKMIIKEUS

      It‘s obvious that that’s not what you first thought of. You just wanted to find a way that you could twist this story into bagging on a conservative. You’re a piece of fecal matter.

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    • Professional Infidel
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:22pm

      how do they know when the check has arrived??

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    • Nobamazone
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:24pm

      @akmikeus
      don’t worry, just your learning disabilities showing through, we all understand there have been some serious road blocks in the education you have recieved, it is not your fault, you are just a bit slow and unable to comprehend what you read, no problem, the government has programs for people like you

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:45pm

      and you‘d like to think it’s still 1776

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    • Mapache
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:47pm

      Don’t you accuse them of being Democrats! Take that back……these people may not have a concept of time but do have one of integrity.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:53pm

      Kinda like my wife when I am waiting for her to get ready….

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    • TruthTalker
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:56pm

      I am calling BS on this one. So they havent figured out daytime and nighttime come in a pattern? Even stoners/liberals catch on to these events.

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    • one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 7:24am

      Yeeeeaaaaaaaaa !!! Now how much tax payer funds were used for this ? Who the hell cares if some “TRIBE” knows, or is even interested in the concept of time ?

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    • watchmany2k
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 7:28am

      Such BS, foundations grant $ for “studies” they have run out of topics for.
      A “lost” tribe that uses tin cups, wears sweatshirts, t-shirts and jeans, but no idea of time ?
      Go to haight-ashbury, they are a dime a dozen.
      Hell, we have ‘em here in Portland Maine.

      It would be different if they ran away from the “scientist” bare-a$$ed.
      There are no more “lost” tribes or uncontaminated “cultures”

      The electric wire with a lightbulb has taken care of that.
      Those two things have broken the back of every culture they have been brought to.
      They introduce the concept of DEBT, consumption, and a manipulated currency to pay for it.

      I say Give ‘em a cell-phone, they will need jobs and be on the clock in a month.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 7:30am

      @ AKMIIKEUS
      Sorry to tell ya’ Huffpo and media matters do not constitute news…which completely illustrates the failing of your “arguments” – no substance only inuendos and attacks. Here is challenge for ya’ – try posting facts and figures to bolster you postion rather than name calling or opinions of other non-thinkers….

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    • HairOfTheDogSob
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 7:38am

      They are called obamatites..

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    • Rashomon
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 8:37am

      No idea what time is?? why not , the progressive liberals have no idea what truth is.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 9:08am

      Why do they need to know time, they have no value for time. Just as when we go on vacation or to the beach. Sun comes up it morning. Then its Coffee time. Time to go for a walk. Breakfast time. Lunch time. Dinner time. Sun goes down it’s night time.

      If there’s anything they need to be taught is to stay away from those who want to help.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 9:15am

      If they could learn, “Time for you Liberal Freeks to leave”

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    • bjc535
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 10:14am

      You can not say they do not have any concept of time “Day time”, “Night Time”. And they also are aware of two seasons. dry, and wet. The article didn’t mention if they had any idea of when the seasons would begin. And I find it hard to believe that they do not realize they get older with each passing day.

      Just because they do not have the vocabulary does not mean they are clueless about time.

      There may be no need to keep track of time, for a lot of jungle tribes, because they do not plant anything, the jungle provides all the fruits, and the animals….which is why they probably know wet and dry seasons.

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    • dizzyinthedark
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 11:17am

      I love it when the ‘meek’ undo what the so-called brains insist is right!

      Keep coloring outside the lines!

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    • imreddog
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 2:48pm

      We aren’t born with the concept of time, we are taught… first by our parents, grandparents and other family members, and then by others. Our families teach us about time when they tell us of an upcoming event; like, “Tomorrow we will go to McDonalds”, or “ Your birthday will be here in x amount of days” then they promise us a birthday party and we anxously look forward to it…. counting the days. The things that we are promised etch the importance and a reason to look forward to something that we want. As adults, we are forced further into the concept of time by our jobs, the IRS or some other thing that would be unnecessary if we could only pick our food off of trees and wear no clothing.

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    • Cesium
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 4:38pm

      guess god didn’t give a rat about them enough to had them the torah… isn‘t it great how your god decided he’d only give the torah to some people and let other people who have never heard about any of this biblical bs to rot in hell? such a good god

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    • bobodu
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 5:26pm

      Wow….a new tribe of Fundamentalist Christians!!

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on May 22, 2011 at 4:56pm

      …..
      My dog has no concept of time either.
      I don’t celebrate it.

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