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Job Njoroge wrote:Many traditions have been eroded hence should be used with great caution. However much of the modern data is now well researched hence more trusted and can be proven
Traditions are always changing with time. With old ones moving out there are some new ones always being formed.
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BoyLazy wrote:
Job Njoroge wrote:Many traditions have been eroded hence should be used with great caution. However much of the modern data is now well researched hence more trusted and can be proven
Traditions are always changing with time. With old ones moving out there are some new ones always being formed.
I agree.
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I believe data matters the most. Data can be proven and validated on the spot while legends cannot be validated or proven easily. I think we should take both data and legends into consideration, with more importance on data; and make the final decision after thinking with an open-mind for other possibilities, that neither data nor legends can show.
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I think both are important, but data gives us facts while legends can't fully be relied on. Legends are important to our cultures, and some are part of us from a young age, so I wouldn't totally brush them off.
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This is tough! I think legends can endure for long unlike data that can be manipulated to fit a person's preference.
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I agreed with Myra who wished to make the atlatl as an archeological site unfortunately it was destroyed.
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From the first question I believe culture should be showcased and passed down generations so that it is not lost. I guess I would side with Sarah. I'm rather unsure about which is more significant, legend or science. Science is fact and by its nature, it is credible and significant. Legend however is not credible. In its passing down, some parts of it might be tempered with. However, science is built from legend so I can't really say.
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think legends/traditions have their place but so does data. There's probably some elusive happy medium
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I believe data should be taken first, and used to support/disprove legends. They should both work together to form a word equally logical and emotional.
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I feel like one cannot exist without the other. They are two sides of the same coin. It is the same way I feel about Science and religion. They are different paths that lead to the same end.
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Conflicts regarding traditions are hard to both parties most especially if one of them is closed-minded. In the story, Myra and Sergie are having conflicts in their traditions but when they really tried to accept and understand each tradition then no more conflicts between them.
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According to me Data and legends should work to complement each other.As the legends have reasons backing them some sound others not and more timely....
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It's a tough question. On the one hand, legends and traditions are close to our heart, but on the other, data is proof.
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I believe they go hand in hand. Tradition and data are both equally important. We would not know of old traditions without the help of data.
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BoyLazy wrote:Both are important but I would give a little more preference to data while not completely ignoring the importance of legends.
I agree with this. Some legends may arise because there is no data to explain why things are. I remember reading in an encyclopedia how the church initially shunned science for long because it had dared suggest that earth actually goes round the sun, and not the other way round as the church had believed for years.
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