Posthuman Blues

The Truth About The 'Hobbits'

Lloyd Pye: "It is ironic that, to defend their position, the mainstreamers who discovered the Hobbit bones are now saying, 'We think they're humans because people on the island have folklore stories about them that go back hundreds of years.' Now, what happens when WE Hominoid researchers say to THEM, 'Folklore stories of Hominoids go back hundreds of years on every continent except Antarctica'? They virtually scream at us that we're being 'unscientific' and should be dismissed as idiots or worse for even suggesting that the myths and legends of benighted savages should be taken at face value."

Good. I'm not the only one who thought the "mainstreamers'" casual use of folklore as evidence was bizarre.