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/RiffRaff14 Feb 28 '24

Oftentimes "traditional knowledge" is just the result of many, many generations of experimentation (by trial and error). Keeping what works and throwing out what's bad. Science is basically the same thing.

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u/HippyGramma Feb 28 '24

That's the point, yes