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The programming talent myth

The programming talent myth

Posted May 4, 2015 14:10 UTC (Mon) by viro (subscriber, #7872)
In reply to: The programming talent myth by Cyberax
Parent article: The programming talent myth

Evidence, please? We see very definite use of fire by about 0.1Mya; it almost certainly had been in use for longer than that, but even without going into more, er, optimistic claims, where have you seen a waterskin older than 1e5 years? I'm not saying that it's impossible (preservation in a bog, perhaps, or indirect evidence like stoppers), but all examples I've heard about are considerably more recent...


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