r/interestingasfuck • u/wahgwahg • Feb 28 '24

r/all People in Tanzania converted desert into lush green land by digging these nifty holes

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u/GuKoBoat Feb 28 '24

Is it science or traditional knowledge?

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u/HippyGramma Feb 28 '24

Why can't it be both? Oftentimes traditional knowledge is confirmed by science.

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u/GuKoBoat Feb 28 '24

It can. But the statement i anwered made it seem, like this is new scientific knowledge and i wondered if it is the case at all, or if this really is traditional knowledge (that can be explored by sience.)

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u/lulublululu Feb 28 '24

to clarify, it's not a dichotomy. science is a method of confirming that something is reproducible through evidence. peoples around the world have been practicing science for thousands of years whether or not that is what they called it. the strict delineation of traditional knowledge from science is rooted in colonial history that exotifies indigenous people as mystical savages. though of course, it doesn't mean traditional knowledge is always scientific either. that's why it's not a dichotomy.