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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: preliterates

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Preliterate

He says preliterate people were more intuitive, imaginative, and empathic than modern literate people, able to perceive emotions without asking.

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lecture model of preliterate perception

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He says preliterate people were more intuitive, imaginative, and empathic than modern literate people, able to perceive emotions without asking.

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Imagination Came Before Civilization

2025-10-21, day precision · Secret History #11: Dawn of the Human Imagination

Transcript

"...Okay? But the first concept I want you to understand is preliterate people, people who could not read and write, they were more intuitive,..."

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Imagination Came Before Civilization

2025-10-21, day precision · claims

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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's dawn-of-humanity lecture: Darwinism becomes a rival theology, cave art becomes a portal, speech begins as song, and modern society is accused of socializing people out of empathy.

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