[HN Gopher] Hypothyroidism: The anonymous Olmec artisan and Vela...
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       Hypothyroidism: The anonymous Olmec artisan and Velazquez (2017)
        
       Author : debo_
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2024-08-28 15:37 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | Aransentin wrote:
       | No discussion in the article of how likely this is to be simply a
       | coincidence?
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       | There's a ton of ancient artifacts depicting humans in fanciful
       | and non-realistic ways, and a ton of diseases that affect the
       | body. That two of these will happen to superficially coincide is
       | basically guaranteed.
       | 
       | The similarity here isn't even that great; if the statue had a
       | huge goitre or something I'd be more inclined to buy it, but here
       | it just looks like a little chubby squinting dude.
        
         | elnatro wrote:
         | Exactly, I was waiting for them to show some writings of
         | Velazquez about being inspired by the sculpture or by any other
         | source, but was disappointed to find that it was more like an
         | opinion unsourced piece.
        
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