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PreciousRoi t1_j669ddl wrote

Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

Not really.

There's a difference between a "cargo cult" and actually developing your technology.

Absent access to things like coal, iron ore, copper, tin, and the like...they're not developing metallurgy or anything. They're just using scrap iron like a harder version of stone tools.

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