A society that reviews time in reverse

ljk — 6/15/2006 2:58:31 PM (archived)

Backs To The Future

San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2006

Tell an old Aymara speaker to "face the past!" and you just might get a blank stare in return - because he or she already does. New analysis of the language and gesture of South America's indigenous Aymara people indicates a reverse concept of time.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Backs_To_The_Future.html

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A society that reviews time in reverse - ljk - 6/15/2006 2:58:31 PM
- "often elderly Aymara speakers simply refused to talk about the future on the grounds that little or nothing sensible could be said about it" - ER - 6/15/2006 7:11:21 PM
  - They would enjoy BACK to the FUTURE - carl - 6/16/2006 5:31:51 PM
  - Don't look for any Ayamara speakers to post in HZ, either - Fox - 6/15/2006 10:51:21 PM
- Perhaps because they realize they have no future. (n/t) - ER - 6/15/2006 5:10:53 PM

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