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  • For eight of the last thirty years, Daniel Everett immersed himself in the Pirahã culture, which has no counting system, no fixed terms for color, no concept of war, and no personal property. He works with the Piraha and other Amazonian people to uncover how language began, how it has evolved, and how it continues to impact our daily lives.
    A famed linguist, Daniel Everett is a professor of global studies and the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. He has been the subject of a feature story in the New Yorker, a cover story in Harper’s Magazine, a Smithsonian documentary, and one of eight “masters” in Robert Greene’s NYT bestseller “Mastery.” His 2008 bestseller, Don't Sleep There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle, has sold over 100,000 copies and been translated into 12 different languages.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @shanonshipley6901
    @shanonshipley6901 5 років тому +334

    He's so modest. I heard his story on NPR, and he lived with them for nearly a decade, and it was much more challenging than he makes it sound, because he was the first person to understand their language, and the tribe has been known to western civilization for centuries. He was the only one to succeed where so many have failed.

    • @daithiocinnsealach3173
      @daithiocinnsealach3173 4 роки тому +7

      He persisted.

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign 3 роки тому +6

      Thing is, he didn't succeed. A lot of his research is just incorrect, there's a reason why no linguist takes his work seriously. He also provided nothing in return. Didn't let the people view the film he was making, didn't TELL them in the first place, etc. He also knew their needs and never gave back in any way. Not in regards to health, bilingual education, etc. He's not modest.

    • @GrammeStudio
      @GrammeStudio 3 роки тому +1

      @@xoreign where did you hear this from?

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign 3 роки тому +5

      @@GrammeStudio I'm studying linguistics at university but there's a documentary online you can find of interviews with the natives.

    • @pedroguerrero3862
      @pedroguerrero3862 3 роки тому +16

      @@xoreign why do these people need bilingualism education, I mean these people have been living in the Amazon for centuries without it, why do they need it know.

  • @wesmahan4757
    @wesmahan4757 5 років тому +509

    I read of Daniel Everett's de-conversion story just as I was exiting Christianity, after 46 years as an evangelical and several years as a missionary.
    I honestly can say that his story changed my life: I knew it was OK to give up my faith, and so I did, at the age of 61. And life has never been more exciting and fun and fulfilled. Thank you Daniel Everett.

    • @jasonwilloughby1372
      @jasonwilloughby1372 5 років тому +15

      Congratulations brother.

    • @TeslUS_US
      @TeslUS_US 5 років тому +5

      Wes mahan. your profile is the profile of a Business man. very nice. can you please tell me one of the most Beautiful experience that you had at the time you were a Christian misionary?. it will be nice of you if you could answer me. thanks a lot. i am still in mission i will be till i died because i habe seen the power of God working. for the moment id see people being free after just a prayer. my older brother use to be a drunker. he got to church complete drunk a prayer and since then he is free, many other are free from drug alcohol prostitution Depression and madness. i will like to know a Little from that what you in 46 years of mission experienced. . because i became a believer only 12 years a go. and since then i habe seen a lot.

    • @CD-by1ng
      @CD-by1ng 5 років тому +2

      I'm curious as to what led you to become a christian in the first place for you to de-convert after 46+ years?

    • @bluepeacemaker
      @bluepeacemaker 5 років тому +13

      What is the reason of your life now? I mean, if someone does not believe in God, I personally think they simply "exist to die" and that life has no real purpose for them except for living untill dying. And I don't think that is a fulfilling or comforting thought, to be honest.

    • @dlon8899
      @dlon8899 5 років тому +19

      @@bluepeacemaker energy never dies, it transforms into different states. We were always the potential energy of the stars and our ancestors. That is why you unconsciously are not stressed by the thought that 100 years ago you weren't in your present form of existence. Equally neither should you be disheartened by your state in 100 years from now.

  • @wiswis
    @wiswis 4 роки тому +119

    The most underrated TED talk.

  • @Mjhavok
    @Mjhavok 4 роки тому +162

    Piraha: Dan, have you heard of the Socratic method?

    • @urielm774
      @urielm774 3 роки тому

      Lol so true, tell me why?

  • @GrammeStudio
    @GrammeStudio 3 роки тому +139

    Existentialists: what's the meaning of life? What is our purpose in the world?
    Nietzche: transcendental gives humans a purpose to live. It is said that mankind does not live on bread alone
    Theists: the afterlife gives our lives meaning and lets us tough through the suffering in life
    The Stoic realistic Piraha chads: Ok, cool story, bro. * goes on about their daily routine *

  • @Libertino
    @Libertino 6 років тому +211

    Dear UA-cam, please incorporate the "I love this" button. I need it right now.

  • @WhatIveLearned
    @WhatIveLearned 4 роки тому +114

    Great talk

    • @wiswis
      @wiswis 4 роки тому +4

      I can see you've done your homework before making your last two videos, they're pretty good, all of your videos that are not on diet/nutrition are.

  • @HipbonesAL
    @HipbonesAL 2 роки тому +15

    I have now read his book “Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes” twice (actually listened to the audiobook, which I really recommend so you can hear the spoken Pirahã), and it’s absolutely the most fascinating and enjoyable read that I’ve ever had. It’s got me yearning for something similar to it in regards to a detailing of an indigenous culture that is as comprehensive as Everett’s book is. If anyone knows of any and could share that info with me, I would be extremely grateful.

    • @unusuario5173
      @unusuario5173 Рік тому

      Any indigenous culture is as friendly as the Piraha.

  • @tinabirdshafer
    @tinabirdshafer 2 роки тому +1

    I love his books and his talks!! He is a born teacher. so fascinating.

  • @heekyungkim8147
    @heekyungkim8147 4 роки тому +25

    I go on months without smiling. Life is so complicated and difficult to maintain in modern world.
    Always worry about money. To pay bills to survive.
    Pinaha tribes are lucky people.

    • @Kevin-jc1fx
      @Kevin-jc1fx 4 роки тому +1

      That's why even if I don't see how better their life will be with God, I still believe in him and believe that we in the modern world need God more than ever. They are born in "happiness". We are fighting to be happy from day one of our lives. We have to try to please our parents, then our teachers and later our bosses and the government. We also have to "fit in" in other to be accepted by our society. Then hustle to possess x or y that we want or need and before we know we are already dead.
      We desperately need Jesus to make sense of all this.

    • @Kevin-jc1fx
      @Kevin-jc1fx 4 роки тому +3

      I wish you to find purpose and joy in your life. Sending you love from Cameroon.

    • @chrisray9653
      @chrisray9653 3 роки тому +1

      It's called subsistence farming. This exists in neoliberal capitalism but hardly anyone thinks to do it anymore.

    • @pedroguerrero3862
      @pedroguerrero3862 3 роки тому +1

      Not really, everyone has a complicated life while yes these people don't have to worry about money or bills, they also have problems that revolt around their environment. Instead of money and bills, they have to worry about disease.

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      They seem to do just fine without any deities Kevin.

  • @arian1079
    @arian1079 5 років тому +13

    One of the best videos I've ever seen in my life!

  • @reservoirquarantine
    @reservoirquarantine 4 роки тому +85

    Linguistic anthropology seems to me to be the most difficult and rewarding disciplines a person might possibly pursue.

  • @shedropsflowers464
    @shedropsflowers464 2 роки тому +4

    This is a great man and I'm so grateful for him and his conversion. The Piraha taught him well 😀

  • @xoxogossipgirlndglee
    @xoxogossipgirlndglee 5 років тому +92

    I was very sad to know that he wasn't allowed to go back to meet Piraha anymore in 2011 even though Piraha like him so much. Is he able to go now?

    • @MediciMedic
      @MediciMedic 4 роки тому +23

      @David Garcia He reportedly had a child with a young woman there, and the Piraha became very angry with them both. They exiled him and banished her.

    • @Lowkey-NoPressure
      @Lowkey-NoPressure 4 роки тому +22

      @@MediciMedic Nice.

    • @eaglebearer
      @eaglebearer 4 роки тому +12

      @@MediciMedic Nice.

    • @nash0089
      @nash0089 4 роки тому +9

      Nice.

    • @markdaniels1730
      @markdaniels1730 4 роки тому +60

      @@MediciMedic Where did you get that information? From what I have seen he was forbidden to return there not by the tribe but by FUNAI, the Brazilian Governmental Institution for Indian Affairs. (Although their reasons for denying him are also unclear to me)

  • @thirdeye460
    @thirdeye460 5 років тому +28

    One of the best TED talks I have ever listened to. Honest advice from a person. Appreciate his humility.

  • @ElleNullVoid
    @ElleNullVoid 5 років тому +9

    I love Daniel. Such an intelligent guy.

  • @Mohammed-wm1yb
    @Mohammed-wm1yb 3 роки тому +2

    One of the best & most honest presentations ever ❣️

  • @SabrinaSterlingGA
    @SabrinaSterlingGA Рік тому +2

    Learned about this from reading Mastery by Robert Greene. So glad 😊 I found this talk.

  • @fatboy117
    @fatboy117 6 років тому +38

    Daniel just spoke the word of real truth

  • @trsarathi
    @trsarathi 3 роки тому +35

    Thank god, some tribes are still left in this land, unbrainwashed by any religious BS.

    • @TheGuruStud
      @TheGuruStud 2 роки тому +1

      I want to be friends with these people. They're no nonsense, but clearly every friendly.

    • @yonatancruz2761
      @yonatancruz2761 2 роки тому +1

      Thank god?
      It was this deity(god) of Christianity that made the lands and territories of abORIGINALS, primitives and indigenous to land grabbed by its followers and believers.
      " Go you therefore, COLONIZE all nations and CHRISTIANIZE them in the name of the X, of the Y and of the Z ".

    • @trsarathi
      @trsarathi 2 роки тому +3

      @@yonatancruz2761 , 😊 The 'god' in my usage was due to force of habit. Didn't mean it actually.

    • @yonatancruz2761
      @yonatancruz2761 2 роки тому

      @@trsarathi
      Oh my gods

  • @christrinder1255
    @christrinder1255 5 років тому +29

    Great guy! Really enjoyed this, I am an atheist and love the way he came ‘converted ‘ to be one too!😊

    • @chrisray9653
      @chrisray9653 3 роки тому +8

      The tribe is a walking-talking version of the Argument of Divine Hiddenness. Something like If God existed, he would be manifested equally and correctly to all beings without confusion, he is not manifested correctly and equally to all beings without confusion, therefore he does not exist.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 11 місяців тому

      ​@@chrisray9653 Ironically, the strident nature of some atheists can mirror the fervor of evangelicals. At least agnosticism keeps room for wonder.
      Yet if I hadn't had two NDEs (near death experiences), I'd probably still be in the former camp.
      While certainty that consciousness is non-local is a far cry from belief in divinity, I'm sure that realms exist with higher vibratory signatures.
      Without the nearly dying part, of course, I wish folks had access to their own STEs (spiritually transformative experiences) - ones that transcend the singular and intersect with universal perception.
      Here's to finding the elevators to the Unified Field.

  • @polinasayess669
    @polinasayess669 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant! Love the concept and it is so true!!!! Really funny and very thoughtful speaker. Thank you so much for sharing about your story and about the Hunter Gatherer tribe in Amazon. What s fantastic experience and really good outcome!!!

  • @rahulmn007
    @rahulmn007 4 роки тому +31

    I am reading his book "dont sleep",and loving it.

  • @tomread
    @tomread 4 роки тому +2

    Fascinating.

  • @nickzardiashvili624
    @nickzardiashvili624 5 років тому +22

    I cannot agree with the message more, especially as I'm getting ready to "celebrate Christmas" tomorrow with my friends: an Iranian, a Russian, a French and American.

    • @Mortum_Rex
      @Mortum_Rex 4 роки тому +15

      Did you all walk into a bar?

  • @salimesalime1795
    @salimesalime1795 3 роки тому +1

    This guy is really an eloquent speaker .

  • @kirac.epiphany9766
    @kirac.epiphany9766 4 роки тому

    Brilliant!

  • @mariob7791
    @mariob7791 2 роки тому +4

    I would say that the great lesson here is that at the deepest root of things we move on by building our understanding and knowledge from people's differences, a skill that the competitive western civilization has not been able to truly embrace until now.

  • @gdwnet
    @gdwnet 4 роки тому +55

    This tribe sounds like they have a lot more common sense than most people. We should learn from them.

    • @gdwnet
      @gdwnet 4 роки тому +5

      @Tarl Denmark "we have knowledge not them".
      1. You don't have knowledge of grammar.
      2. We might know more but we have people believing in invisible friends.

    • @MrMemer
      @MrMemer 4 роки тому +1

      @@gdwnet They probably aren't the best at grammar either. And we already have people believing we live a worthless life evolved from apes.

    • @sandraarriaga832
      @sandraarriaga832 4 роки тому +5

      Mr. Meme and we have people who believe we have an eternal soul with NO evidence

    • @MrMemer
      @MrMemer 4 роки тому +1

      @@sandraarriaga832 It can't be disproved either

    • @sandraarriaga832
      @sandraarriaga832 4 роки тому +10

      Mr. Meme humans having a common ancestry with chimpanzee has more supportive evidence than a woman coming from a mans rib.

  • @kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958
    @kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958 2 роки тому

    He is enlightening

  • @saberliberta
    @saberliberta 5 років тому +16

    How interesting is this talk about one of the indigenous languages of my country. Congratulations for having decided to do this great job here in Brazil. You inspire many people who want to do something important to the world, however I believe in God, not the One religion tells about. Thank you very much.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 11 місяців тому

      I use the word 'God' to label the immense vibration of love to which we all have access.
      I also believe - without proof, of course - that human consciousness has many levels: we're capable of raising our own vibrational signature to attain greater access and comprehension of said realms.
      Wishing you peace on the path. ✨

  • @983iron
    @983iron 6 років тому +18

    I think I just saw the best Ted talk that´s ever made

  • @GameByGame
    @GameByGame 3 роки тому +4

    The intro song is "What's Really Good" by Brayton Bowman

  • @AbongileMafevuka
    @AbongileMafevuka 3 роки тому

    Brilliant

  • @LucasAdvance
    @LucasAdvance 6 років тому +10

    Great! He is an incredible man with incredible thougts.

  • @smittsmayhem
    @smittsmayhem 3 роки тому +4

    If you liked this talk I just finished his book, Don’t Sleep There are Snakes. Incredible story.

  • @RedDesertRoz
    @RedDesertRoz 3 роки тому +2

    Consensus and harmony are hard to come by among people with different ideas, beliefs and values. Too much difference leads only to disagreement and division and eventually conflict. Shared values and customs and beliefs create a strong community, but should be coupled with openness to new information.

  • @a_sm98
    @a_sm98 2 роки тому +1

    He came back learning the mantra of happiness.

  • @9422655
    @9422655 11 місяців тому

    Mad respect to Dan.

  • @kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958
    @kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958 3 роки тому

    Best experience

  • @raheem109
    @raheem109 4 роки тому +6

    New information is hard to come by when we surround ourselves by people who look like us, talk like us and eat like us and think like us.

    • @pedroguerrero3862
      @pedroguerrero3862 3 роки тому +1

      That's very true but if you think about it from a basic view, it makes sense that these communities won't follow language rules. They have been isolated for so long, away from all other languages and people so it would make sense that their language won't follow rules that haven't been used to make the language in the first place.

  • @jf1526
    @jf1526 6 років тому

    sensacional

  • @miamivicemastermixer
    @miamivicemastermixer 4 роки тому +33

    That intro gave me earcancer

    • @canobiggs
      @canobiggs 4 роки тому

      No one cares what you think.

    • @miamivicemastermixer
      @miamivicemastermixer 4 роки тому +2

      @@canobiggs i don't care that you don't care

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 4 роки тому +1

      Every DAMNED Ted video

  • @CivicYt
    @CivicYt 4 роки тому

    Wow!

  • @daithiocinnsealach3173
    @daithiocinnsealach3173 4 роки тому +7

    I'm genuinely glad Dan was able to salvage something out of his time as a Fundamentalist. Most of us weren't so lucky.

  • @LoriDeMarco
    @LoriDeMarco 2 роки тому +5

    This is exactly why I think animals DO have language, just not what we expect in terms of grammar and syntax.

    • @OceanDream9
      @OceanDream9 2 роки тому +3

      Most definitely. There has been some neat research done with dolphin communication that I recommend checking out!

  • @ingridaiva1099
    @ingridaiva1099 4 роки тому

    Thank you Daniel Everett for your honest sharing. It resonates in me very deeply.
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  • @ollielon5926
    @ollielon5926 2 місяці тому +1

    "To change the world you must first let the world change you." -me

  • @jairofonseca1597
    @jairofonseca1597 4 роки тому +29

    He is being persecuted because Chomsky disagrees with him.

    • @pedroguerrero3862
      @pedroguerrero3862 3 роки тому +13

      Exactly, real scientist should be willing to listen to new evidence. I mean fields that involves humans should be expected that there are going to be differences and that some community won't follow certain rules. I mean we do this with customs and marriages so why not language, different communities don't follow certain rules so why don't these linguists the same thing with language.

    • @TheGuruStud
      @TheGuruStud 2 роки тому

      @@pedroguerrero3862arrogant know it alls

  • @rogeralsop3479
    @rogeralsop3479 6 років тому +4

    I've just read Tom Wolfe's book about this man.

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 4 роки тому

      Is it good?

    • @camilaeleuterio8292
      @camilaeleuterio8292 4 роки тому

      Interesting! I'll add to my reading list. I've actually came to know Everett through a book called Mastery, by Robert Greene

  • @elizabethb.291
    @elizabethb.291 6 років тому +25

    Chomsky should follow this advice, and may be the linguistic comunity could apreciate this knowledge.

    • @Mjhavok
      @Mjhavok 4 роки тому +1

      lol

    • @andrew348
      @andrew348 3 роки тому +3

      Chomsky is so big he refuses to take in new information and accuses anyone who disagrees with him as being charlatans. He also refutes the value of any field work and believes sitting at a desk theorizing is the real work.

    • @Mjhavok
      @Mjhavok 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrew348 Evidence?

    • @chrisray9653
      @chrisray9653 3 роки тому +2

      @@andrew348 Has the speaker here ever actually said Chomsky was being dismissive? The antagonism seems manufactured.

    • @pedroguerrero3862
      @pedroguerrero3862 3 роки тому

      Exactly, all these linguists that try to attack him instead of listening to him and learning. These people think that language always follow these rules but language is just like people, it doesn't always follow rules. While yes, most global language might follow certain rules. It doesn't mean that this people do considering that they a very small community compared to other languages like spanish, English, or Chinese.

  • @Luos31
    @Luos31 4 роки тому +1

    Unbelievable one american speak our language, this is mind blowing 😎

    • @Luos31
      @Luos31 3 роки тому

      @Language and Programming Channel Both and add English and Guarani to that xD

  • @burntchickennugget191
    @burntchickennugget191 3 роки тому

    I feel like we should be in search of wisdom rather then just being guided by curiousity.

  • @Erik-xh9sr
    @Erik-xh9sr 4 роки тому +2

    This tribe of Brazil is little known here in Brazil, most Brazilians are Christians

  • @coffeeperson1461
    @coffeeperson1461 4 роки тому +3

    You are not a failure you learned a lot that linguistics and anthropology can benefit from. It is a shame that so many people who contact these cultures are there just to change them.

  • @yonatancruz2761
    @yonatancruz2761 2 роки тому +1

    because a God(aka Deity) was a human idea that began from animism, till polytheism was born and anthropomorphic literary device was used to make these gods look legit, or real, by putting a dialogue in their mouth. Out of polytheism some tribes began to introduce the concept of monolatry, which makes monotheism as an evolution of religious human CULTURE.
    Adam upto Noah were modern type of human civilization because they do farming-herding which was predated by hunter-gatherer human civilization.
    This alone makes Genesis, of Hebrew's Literature as simply an EPIC STORIES, with a "drama" between man, a deity, and an animal.
    Also a talking serpent and talking Deity were simply an example of "anthropomorphic literature" (literary tool, or device, literary twchnique) just like Disneland movies.

  • @narinebipat2639
    @narinebipat2639 5 років тому +15

    I'm here because of "Mastery"

    • @ragnarokisnear
      @ragnarokisnear 5 років тому +2

      So am I!! Great guy, great book

    • @narinebipat2639
      @narinebipat2639 5 років тому

      @@ragnarokisnear can u tell me what field/ subject ur into, if any

    • @ragnarokisnear
      @ragnarokisnear 5 років тому +1

      @@narinebipat2639 I've already read all the book, but I'll Reading again the last, chapter, it's amazing!

    • @MarioZimms
      @MarioZimms 4 роки тому +1

      Me too!

    • @camilaeleuterio8292
      @camilaeleuterio8292 4 роки тому

      Me too! Then, I've read his book Don't Sleep There Are Snakes and also listened to it through Audible

  • @Sethan777
    @Sethan777 6 років тому +13

    They show us, how humans would live without the concept of *Me* which is the concept of *time* and *space*

    • @arjun230190
      @arjun230190 6 років тому +2

      Jasen Johnson It's amazing how we can come out of illusion.

    • @Sethan777
      @Sethan777 5 років тому

      Arjun 👍👍👍

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 4 роки тому +1

      Sorry, but I can guarantee you the Pirahã do have the concept for “me”.

  • @deepclient1531
    @deepclient1531 3 роки тому

    An amazing story lol

  • @pinkyoilers
    @pinkyoilers 3 роки тому +1

    Anyone know if he was unbanned from visiting the Pirahã?

  • @jdpalm1981
    @jdpalm1981 2 роки тому

    I wonder why this is the only people that have this type of language & way of living? It must not be successful in a diverse world of environments if no other peoples utilize it.

  • @marcverhaegen7943
    @marcverhaegen7943 5 років тому +1

    How language began: for a biological-comparative approach (different preadaptations to speech & language), google "Speech originS 2017 Verhaegen PPT".

  • @jessicasutton8644
    @jessicasutton8644 3 місяці тому

    These Pirahā people know wtf is up!!!!! :)

  • @fernandoizu
    @fernandoizu 2 роки тому

    Can't believe he's from California. His accent sounds like Robert de Niro's.

  • @luannarocha2360
    @luannarocha2360 3 роки тому +2

    Alguém aqui quer que eu traduza para o português?

  • @owl6218
    @owl6218 3 роки тому

    piraha, may their tribe increase

  • @mrbale1815
    @mrbale1815 4 роки тому

    People without a language as well.

  • @WhatMouse
    @WhatMouse 4 роки тому

    This is why I don’t read the news. I try to live like I don’t believe anything is real outside our (the people I know) current situation

    • @WhatMouse
      @WhatMouse 4 роки тому

      ​@Peanut Bear I am allowed to learn about other events/objects/patterns/systems etc, but if there is no sign of them around me I don't generally let myself think about them. E.g. transgenderism, climate science, foreign politicians, America (excluding Hawaii)

    • @corpo9310
      @corpo9310 4 роки тому +4

      @@WhatMouse that is called ignorance

    • @WhatMouse
      @WhatMouse 4 роки тому

      @@corpo9310 yes

  • @louiscervantez1639
    @louiscervantez1639 2 роки тому

    I am in agreement… walk in somebody else’s shoes … in our own backyards

  • @azizataurus
    @azizataurus 3 роки тому

    ❤️🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼🇰🇼

  • @bluegung2626
    @bluegung2626 4 роки тому +3

    Someone from Reddit ?

  • @maxonmendel5757
    @maxonmendel5757 3 роки тому

    anybody here from the reddit post?

  • @samuellee2107
    @samuellee2107 3 роки тому

    OMG...😂

  • @chrisray9653
    @chrisray9653 3 роки тому +4

    It is fascinating a primitive tribe does not even have folk-religion. It doesn't feel right to call it atheism, more like apatheism or indifferentism.

    • @hareecionelson5875
      @hareecionelson5875 3 роки тому +2

      Maybe they're more concerned with getting on with their lives and what impacts them on a daily basis, instead of philosophising about mortality and creation. Afterall, they don't have the scientific tools to verify any creation stories, and from the video it seems they are pure empiricists: they believe things which are verifiable.
      But they are atheists, in that they lack a belief in any god, that's the definition of the word, but atheist is a very non-specific word. Buddhists are technically atheists.

  • @icecoldfrosty3492
    @icecoldfrosty3492 2 роки тому

    nobody going to talk about how his shirt makes the white P behind him appear as it is natural?

  • @ladym7852
    @ladym7852 Рік тому

    I wonder if they have morals...wow, if he explained the gospel like that, I'd be an atheist too.

    • @MrZorx
      @MrZorx Рік тому +5

      Morals seem to be innate in humans regardless of religion

  • @aaronekstrand758
    @aaronekstrand758 2 роки тому +1

    This was cool until the part at the end where he claimed people with similar superficial immutable characteristics have similar thoughts.

    • @Mr_Valentin.
      @Mr_Valentin. Рік тому +1

      Yup, And he went straight for the young white males

  • @Flosseveryday
    @Flosseveryday 2 роки тому

    Whether you believe in Jesus’s divinity or not, to me, is irrelevant. The fact is he was a great leader who changed the world and died preaching a message of love. Nothing wrong with following him.
    Many Christian’s believe in God and yet don’t believe in Heaven.
    Just because you believe in God, the Christian God, does not mean you are afraid of death or no longer existing.

  • @Szminsky
    @Szminsky 4 роки тому +2

    A nice man, though I’m not sold on the “diversity of the exterior” that he’s propagating. Intellectual diversity can be found anywhere regardless of how people “look”.

    • @DeadEndFrog
      @DeadEndFrog 4 роки тому +4

      Its a shortcut for new information. Genetic information, cultural information, ect. ect. Everyone is diffrent sure, but the major diffrences between cultures are there too.

    • @josh_sqlla
      @josh_sqlla 4 роки тому

      .

    • @andrew348
      @andrew348 3 роки тому

      I'm pretty sure you introduced the skin color part. Dan was talking about Diversity of experience. It just so happens that western cultures are all pretty similar and therefore produce less intellectual variation

  • @antonyjohn438
    @antonyjohn438 2 роки тому +2

    Unbelief is not olny his problem...
    Mark 16:14 Afterward Jesus appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.

  • @MarioZimms
    @MarioZimms 4 роки тому +5

    Chomsky doesn't like this.

  • @neptune422
    @neptune422 5 років тому

    Infowars

  • @gokmenmutlu9810
    @gokmenmutlu9810 4 роки тому +3

    You eat these leaves, that's why you can't talk our language very well

  • @patrickespinoza
    @patrickespinoza 4 роки тому +1

    But you had the means and the will to fly there, while the Pirahã didn't have the means or the will to fly here. What's up with that?

    • @sandraarriaga832
      @sandraarriaga832 4 роки тому

      Patrick Christians have been trying to convert them and bring modern civilization/ tech for 300 years. The Piraha reject things they don’t find necessary, including traveling to cities.

  • @mitral5333
    @mitral5333 2 роки тому +2

    "If everyone looks the same, you can bet this will not be an innovative company". YIKES! People of the same ethnic background cannot think differently from one another? No wonder this guys family disowned him.

    • @bryanfongo327
      @bryanfongo327 Рік тому +1

      If your company has people from many different backgrounds, those people will have many different ideas. More different than if it was all people from the same background.

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      Who said his family disowned him?

    • @mitral5333
      @mitral5333 Рік тому

      @@dennisduncan7561 His family.

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      @@mitral5333 Do you have a source for this?

    • @hdx8388
      @hdx8388 9 місяців тому

      @@bryanfongo327 it doesnt occur to you that maybe all that "different ideas" are of no benefit? all the human development until this century happened with no diversity

  • @julianamalheiros5457
    @julianamalheiros5457 Рік тому +5

    Sounds like your belief in God and Jesus was really fragile. Feel really sorry about that and hope you will have an encounter with HIM again. A true one this time.

  • @youssefdahbi6083
    @youssefdahbi6083 2 роки тому

    A very happy failure

  • @thevagabond85yt
    @thevagabond85yt Рік тому

    CONVERTER(using allurements) gets CONVERTED(without any allurements) : That's the best religion Christianity for you

  • @jake9674
    @jake9674 4 роки тому +15

    Loved the book. Not a fan of the diversity spiel. The reason the Pirahas exist and continue to exist is their unity and distrust of outsiders and outside information. It's strange that Daniel Everett flipped this simple idea to support the very opposite.

    • @user-xw9lt1em3m
      @user-xw9lt1em3m 4 роки тому +15

      The point was that he was learning because he lived with the pirahas

    • @corpo9310
      @corpo9310 4 роки тому +1

      @Tarl Denmark discrimination is pushed by the right-wing, often manipulative fearmongers who strive for power

    • @jonnywiles3068
      @jonnywiles3068 4 роки тому +2

      I listened and thought the same thing. I've just finished his book and absolutely loved it. A fascinating story by a really likeable and interesting man. However, he states that the Piraha are the happiest people in the world, and in his book says that they are an extremely conservative (literally) people who do not want to learn anything from outside cultures. They are quite happy as they are and want no other influences on their way of life. At the same time, he says in order for us to thrive we must embrace diversity and learn from other cultures and ways of life, and not be so insular (not disagreeing with that necessarily). There seems to be a contradiction there which I'd like to hear his answer to. Perhaps he would say we are so different to the Pirahas and have evolved so far down the line in to a global society, that we should have a different outlook to them. Still, a lot of the book is about the fundamentals of human nature, and how he learned through what he thought they had right. Disappointed to hear him going full SJW at the end too. Anyway, highly recommend his brilliant book.

  • @treven21
    @treven21 Рік тому +1

    If you walk away from a relationship because someone asked you a question that made you doubt your relationship.......you probably didn't have much of a relationship to begin with. Just a set of beliefs based on religion but not a clear relationship with Christ.

    • @bryanfongo327
      @bryanfongo327 Рік тому

      When i'm in a relationship with someone I usually know explicitly that they exist

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      Spare us that "you were never a true Christian" bs. It's just a tired throw argument people use to hand wave away why people leave the faith.

  • @xoreign
    @xoreign 3 роки тому +1

    Please educate yourselves on this person. A lot of his research has largely been discredited, not taken seriously by any real linguist. Both because of methodology and his baseless claims. He came into this community for poor research, and failed to give back, not even telling them he was making a film. He knew they were in need of bilingual education and health resources, yet provided nothing. He actively declined to give anything in return. I study linguistics in university and I don't know of a single professor in the department who gives him merit.

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign 3 роки тому +1

      @Language and Programming Channel May I know what your linguistic education background is? Or is it limited to reddit and pop science books. I'd love to hear it

    • @austinlang6946
      @austinlang6946 Рік тому

      Lol aka “I’m in a linguist department that views Chomsky as a God who can’t be wrong, and I watched the video online of a guy in Portuguese that can’t actually speak the tribal language make up baseless claims about Daniel. Then I went back into my linguistic echo-chamber and decided that’s all I need and he’s a fraud. Idc that many many other academics work and publish with Daniel in a variety of wholly creditable journals and textbooks.”
      It’s sad that you are the type of person that’s going to be involved in the future of linguistics. Another dogmatic thinking college student. Go figure. And also the man speaking has x10 of the credentials that you have. I mean You literally tried to make an argument to authority to someone even though who you claimed is a fraud has way more education than you. Ironic no?

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign Рік тому

      ​@@austinlang6946 Have you ever considered the possibility that a majority opinion prevails because that's just ... what most experts believe to be the case?
      Piraha Exceptionality: a reassessment, Andrew Nevins, David Pesetsky, Cilene Rodrigues.
      Evidence and argumentation: A reply to revert (2009)
      If you can provide me with evidence that doesn't scream "I took an intro to linguistics course" please let me know.
      Can I ask what your credentials are? I know you're going to interpret that as "are you also brainwashed?" but really I'm asking if you have a foundation in syntax / some kind of framework like x-bar theory. If you do, I am legitimately confused as to how you would buy into his research.
      If a 12-year-old algebra student claims to have broken math, the entire mathematical world disagreeing with him is not an example of "dogmatic thinking"
      Authority in academia is not awarded to that which is taught in institutions. It is awarded to those that withstand any and all contrary evidence and is able to remain as the most plausible explanation for something. Everett does not have that. Chomsky does. (in this particular department)
      My education has nothing to do with it. I am aware of the evidence that exists and am able to analyze it as someone more than a nobody. I am not trying to disprove Everett's work myself.
      A math student can tell if a proof above them is legitimate or not, even if they'd be unable to do that proof themselves.

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      The Piraha appear to be just fine.

  • @mayamachine
    @mayamachine 4 роки тому +3

    Christianity poisoned the world

  • @Chris_KJB
    @Chris_KJB 6 років тому +5

    Never have Jesus the first time...that's why!

    • @Serge_82
      @Serge_82 4 роки тому +5

      Uh.. Never had Allah, mythra or any other many many other gods that humanity worships. Youre not the only person or way of life on earth.

    • @WingDiamond
      @WingDiamond 4 роки тому +1

      YOU Go down there, learn their language & culture - then try to convert them!

  • @zanziboi
    @zanziboi 4 роки тому +4

    How do you go from talking about a language to white men..?

    • @teentitans0789
      @teentitans0789 4 роки тому +5

      You should watch the video again and see

    • @MontyCantsin5
      @MontyCantsin5 5 місяців тому

      Following a simple narrative thread too much of a challenge for you?

  • @guystryche
    @guystryche 6 років тому +21

    great talk, but he ruined it at the end with his babble of superficial diversity. we need diversity of thought, not looks

    • @petrosrockos6425
      @petrosrockos6425 6 років тому +4

      Think about it. Coming as an ex christian missionary, he probably had a well thought point when saying the things about physical differences, prevalence of white males and un-openness to new ideas etc.

    • @petrosrockos6425
      @petrosrockos6425 6 років тому +6

      Why not diversity of looks though?

    • @MikeWalker
      @MikeWalker 5 років тому +17

      A little more subtle than that I think. A diversity of thought often has a diversity of look. Buddhists to Muslims to Jews to orthodox Christians to traders in Marrakesh to Eskimos and on and on. He was just making that, more general, point.

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 5 років тому +19

      He IS arguing for diversity of thought. That's exactly what he is doing.

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 4 роки тому +2

      @witkrieg todd No, no. That is not what he is doing. Listen to his words again. Dan Everett does not believe this sort of thing. I follow him closely and know his views quite well.

  • @Waokele7
    @Waokele7 5 років тому +18

    He had the wrong idea of being a missionary. Being a missionary is not westernizing natives. The gospel is not about being happy, rich nor successful. It's about one's eternal soul. It's about knowing and acknowledging God as the Creator and about the afterlife.

    • @S00rabh
      @S00rabh 4 роки тому +26

      But still wrong information.

    • @steventan2754
      @steventan2754 4 роки тому +23

      I think the Parahas have the right idea here. Have they seen the afterlife? Jesus and the so called Creator enter their lives directly(and not through the word of a missionary?? No? Then until so, they shouldn't be adding another layer of mystery to their already hard life.

    • @NEPtune-fy1ug
      @NEPtune-fy1ug 4 роки тому

      @@steventan2754 i myself am an atheist, but that logic is quite bad because with that reason alone the religious can criticise us for coming up with things we havent personally witnessed, even though there is overwhelming evidence.

    • @matth2868
      @matth2868 4 роки тому +1

      @@steventan2754 hard life? How do you know it's hard? Only because you compare it to yours. They don't know your life. How do you know your life isn't hard to them?

    • @jabrown
      @jabrown 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao you literally can't translate the Gospel into their language, so good luck trying to get them interested in it

  • @AmericanOutdoors1
    @AmericanOutdoors1 2 роки тому

    I think this just shows that a people can become so remote and removed from the world outside themselves that they can no longer comprehend new ideas and meanings. This is a result of a long term deficiency not much different than a child raised in the setting of neglect. It really hurts their development as well as what can or can't be learned later in life. So obviously they have adapted and still love life but to denounce Christ from your life because they can't comprehend or overcome the restraint of see outside of their world is foolish. I can spend all day naming things I have personally never seen yet to say it never existed would be absolutely wrong. To make a difference in that people you would have to teach their kids from the earliest ages. The adults are locked in to what they know and can comprehend. Come back to God before it's to late!

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому

      Get off your high horse junior. The Piraha aren't some poor, helpless children in need of our guidance. They seem to have a better handle on life than those of us in the industrialized world and without any deities. If they aren't convinced of gospel there's not much else you can do. Maybe instead of making pronouncements you should learn from these people and thier culture.

  • @grgurkovacic6105
    @grgurkovacic6105 4 роки тому +1

    Jesus spoke of living in the present and not judging others opinions and behaviour. It's basis of his teachings in my opinion. This is what Piraha are doing. It is not contradictory to Jesus. Daniel Everett didn't live by the rules Jesus gave us, although he thought he did, and went to the tribe where people live His words every day to tell them how to live.

    • @dennisduncan7561
      @dennisduncan7561 Рік тому +1

      Don't hand us that no true Scotsman fallacy bunk.

  • @TeslUS_US
    @TeslUS_US 5 років тому +4

    Daniel says that no body sow the Lord Jesus. its look like he went to Mission before reading his bible. this sounds more a good Programm preparation for a carrer than really ever being a believer. Daniel did you ever read the book of acts of the Apostles. did you ever read Christian history. did you ever read some of the hebrew historic book about Jesus christ. ? please.

    • @sandraarriaga832
      @sandraarriaga832 4 роки тому +8

      Cristian Martinez the gospels aren’t a reliable source especially considering they aren’t first hand encounters. Though scholars agree the was A Jesus, they’ve never affirmed any of his alleged miracles, nor that he rose on the third day, etc.
      You don’t know his life and your assumptions about him are dead wrong. Have you read his books? Have you studied his life? Did you bother to read his page on Wikipedia before making making a No True Scotsman fallacy?

    • @robogamer2023
      @robogamer2023 3 роки тому +1

      How do you explain god to a tribe of people that has no word for god

    • @robogamer2023
      @robogamer2023 3 роки тому

      Whichever book you read out it isn't going to make a difference

    • @TeslUS_US
      @TeslUS_US 3 роки тому

      @@robogamer2023 all this people have word for spirits and Gods.

    • @robogamer2023
      @robogamer2023 3 роки тому

      @@TeslUS_US but the Ted talk said something else