Earlier, I have implied that anti-scientific sensibilities will survive the "death of organized religion," because they preceded the rise of such supernatural peddling institutions. Of the two Korean states, the Republic of South Korea, where 40% of the population are theists is the God intoxicated half. At least on paper. North Korea is an atheistic Communist culture, but I've stated to friends many a time in reality it is basically a "god-kingdom," more akin to Pharonic Egypt than a modern nation-state, except with the capacity for totalitarianism. Many of the social and psychological sentiments that might normally be channeled into mass religion seem to be focused upon the cult of the divine family. Well, just to show you that humans aren't that creative, check out this YouTube of North Korean propoganda which suggests that the Pyongyang area is the locus of our species' origin.
Via Kambiz
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... WOW... the iq and production values poured into this demonstrate that while Iraq was a desert s**thole threatening nobody, North Korea is a serious, as in SERIOUS, threat. They could really put up a fight.
Posted by: cuchulkhan | June 6, 2007 11:41 AM
That is one of the more extreme examples of the intersection of nationalism and pseudo-paleoanthropology. I recall that Vine Deloria insisted that American Indians did not come to the Americas from anywhere else. There are even examples in mainstream anthropology; for example, the role of national pride in the acceptance of Piltdown, and Chinese support for the multiregional model of modern human origins.
Posted by: Colugo | June 6, 2007 1:40 PM
I assume you all know Sweden was the site of Atlantis?
Posted by: dobeln | June 12, 2007 7:22 AM