There's a decent chance that one of the many uncontacted tribes has started to worship airplanes

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That is not a potential theory, but an observable fact.

  Look up cargo cults

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  • Blubber28@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    From the comments below, not quite what I had in mind. More of a, they see these planes flying in the sky and maybe interpret it as a sign of whatever deity/deities they worship

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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A chance?

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Are those VR goggles?

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  • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hasn’t this been ongoing since airplanes were invented?

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• hihi24522@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I once had a similar thought: if we were to build stations/cities on the moon, you’d likely be able to see the light from them when they’re in shadow.

  This would be kind of cool, but imagine you don’t know about people building cities on the moon and all you see are these glowing lines spreading across the moon. You’d probably think the moon was breaking apart or something. I’d imagine some “uncontacted tribes” would feel like it’s a sign of the end of the world.

  On an unrelated note, this will be my last comment from lemm.ee

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I could be wrong but I do remember reading somewhere that after ww2 there have been instances in pacific islands of native people standing on old runways doing the flag stances in hopes it brings in a plane.

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  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Such a fantastic movie! I remember watching it a bunch as a young kid, and saw it more recently as an adult. Love it!

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• RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Says someone who will remove belts, shoes, and all metal objects and wait for hours to get the chance to sit inside of one.

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• qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Isn’t that what cargo cults are

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Our maybe they treat airplanes as mystical objects used for fortune telling and other magical and religious purposes. That’s how stars and planets were treated before we figured out what they really are.

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  • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Astrology is still a big mess and shouldn’t deserve a place in a list with real science.
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    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And so is alchemy. Useful and useless concepts were intertwined at the time, and it took centuries figure out what to keep and what to discard. Well, some individuals still held on to the trash ideas, while the rest of the world moved on.

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  • Blubber28@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is indeed what I had mind

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Especially scheduled flights… They may see the same aeroplanes on the same schedule

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    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And when the schedule is off, you get worried. Could it be a sign about the next crop? Should we have planted something else instead? Was it a mistake to marry this lady… So many questions.

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• Bwaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Many??

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• blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The opening scene of Star Trek Into Darkness explores this very idea

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