Life without numbers in a unique Amazon tribe. Piraha apparently can’t learn to count and have no distinct words for colors.
BBC Report
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April 28th, 2006
If they sell trade nuts… How do they know what they have traded and what they received in trade, if they lack the mental ability to quantify?
I would love to see a video of these people, just to see what elements make up a life that does not require the ability to quantify, estimate, plan, assess, etc…