The Korowai people and NASA's robotic car

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The forum discussion highlights the stark cultural and environmental differences between the Korowai people of Papua, Indonesia, who live in trees, and NASA's team working with robotic vehicles on Mars. The conversation reflects on the diversity of human experiences on Earth and the challenges of understanding perspectives from vastly different lifestyles. The humorous suggestion of a lunch menu combining local bush meat and "leg of engineer" underscores the absurdity of these contrasts. Ultimately, the thread was deemed unworthy of further discussion by a moderator.

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A couple of photos of the Korowai people from the southwest Indonesian province of Papua. The Korowai people live in trees which I read wards off annoying neighbours and evil spirits.
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In another part of the planet the NASA tribe is hard at work driving their robotic cars around on Mars.
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I on the other hand, live in a place called Florida.
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I find it very hard to imagine the view through the eyes of the people of NASA and equally hard to imagine the view through the eyes of the Korowai. I find it even stranger that we all live on the same planet at the same time.

What would one serve for lunch for this diverse group? I guess the NASA tribe could be up for trying some local bush meat and the Korowai may order up "leg of engineer"...lol

All joking aside, am I the only one who finds this a strange world to live in?

Cheers,

Billy
 
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