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 (DIR) Post #AuOCQICwryCpPyTLc0 by ubi@ecoevo.social
       2025-04-08T14:44:49Z
       
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       Yesterday I was asked, as a scientist and field ecologist if I believed in spirits in the forest. I replied, "Definitely, there's a lot of weird shit that goes on in rainforests." It isn't just me, all my colleagues have similar experiences. When I train new students, I always make it a point to tell them about the 'adat' or taboos whenever entering the forest. You are entering someone's house, so you better behave. A forest must be respected, otherwise it plays tricks on your mind.#ecology
       
 (DIR) Post #AuOCQJNyUScV4SdfRA by RevXenoFact@dobbs.town
       2025-05-23T15:12:38Z
       
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       @ubi I get this entirely and wrote about it.The world is big, complex, alive.  It doesn't matter if a spirit is "real" or a mental framework or both.  We need a way to understand the living complexity of our world.
       
 (DIR) Post #AuOCQQUG5Uo15ydHhg by ubi@ecoevo.social
       2025-04-08T14:49:03Z
       
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       We don't often talk about all this spirit business to our western colleagues, they often dismiss it as native superstitions.But among fellow Southeast Asians and West Africans (unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to ask the South Americans this), we have plenty of stories about the ghosts, spirits and taboos of the rainforest.