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[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There you go again arguing over vocabulary. If you said the word, "rubber," to someone 2,000 years ago, they wouldn't understand you either. That doesn't mean they don't understand what rubber is. Come back when you have a real point to add.

Clarification: people since the dawn of man have understood that if a white woman copulates with a black man, their children will be a mix of these two people--not white, nor black. This rudimentary understanding of genetics is still... genetics.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That doesn't mean they don't understand what rubber is

Actually does mean, since they'd not understand what it is. It wasn't a thing until Mr Goodyear figured out how to vulcanize it, and the process still isn't 100% perfect, since over time rubber either becomes brittle or turns into goo.

people since the dawn of man have understood that if a white woman copulates with a black man

No, people until recently and still some don't understand the cause-effect of even sex and pregnancy, nor inherited traits. It was / is thought of some divine bullshit.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

yawn What would people 2000 years ago say about the words, "dihydrogen monoxide?"

I think you get the point.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Point is, rubbery stuff didn’t exist. That’s why even the word rubbery describes the material, which hasn’t been around that long.