Wednesday, June 14, 2006

What time is it? For the Aymara the answer may not be what you think

From Metafilter: recent analysis of the indigenous Aymara people of Andean South America show that they have reverse concept of time compared to most of the world. That is, the Aymara view the past is seen as “ahead” whereas the future is “behind.” Scientists believe they are the first documented group to depart from the standard model of chronology.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A link to a link to a link... but quite fascinating indeed. The past is visible (esp. the recent past), the future while vision of the future may only ever be based on assumptions.