That medicine man likely has a far more expansive memory capacity than you or I, given the vast amount of oral history and traditional medicine he must learn without the benefit of written records or writing capabilities.
I doubt it, we all have pretty much the same capacity. Regardless, his memory holds far less useful information due to the lack of available useful information to put in it.
Assuming the result before you look at the data isn't a very effective way of separating the wheat from the chaff.
No, it isn't. Are you saying our medical science does this?
You need to widen your research. Understanding cave paintings after so many years is controversial, and your quote is probably an exercise in fantasy.
Merely saying "widen your research" is meaningless. Do you have some evidence they were doing something more sophisticated? No, you do not.
"An exercise in fantasy" is a perfect description of your hunter-gatherer worship.
Since you raise it, though, tribal dancing has well attested effects on brain wave rhythm, some of which are known to have therapeutic value.
Yes, I imagine they will replace antibiotics any day now. Or, they chanted because chanting makes them feel a little better but doesn't actually accomplish anything significant.
Persistently asserting someone else's inferiority may say more about you than it says about them.
Yes, it says I am a reasonable, logical person who has assessed the evidence. The fact you seem to think evaluating the evidence and coming to the obvious conclusion is merely some sort of prejudice on my part says a lot about you, as does persistently asserting someone else's superiority in the face of massive evidence to the contrary.
