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    Unbewohnbare Region nach Aristoteles

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    1. crosscountrycoder on

      Currently, that „uninhabitable“ region is home to about 40-50% of the world population.

    2. AnyalfoFox on

      Aristotle’s uninhabitable torrid zone is a fascinating ancient geographic theory.

    3. Eulalia1144 on

      Coming from someone who sweats profusely when it hits 75 F, yes, this region is definitely uninhabitable.

    4. clamorous_owle on

      Aristotle would be shocked to learn that the area includes the likely birthplace of *Homo sapiens*.

    5. Cefalopodul on

      I can see why they would think that about Africa given the fuck-off desert and the expeditions that never returned but Aristotle knew about India and that it was populated.

    6. strong_division on

      While uninhabitable is a massive stretch, there is some merit to it inhibiting development.

      >Air conditioning was a most important invention for us, perhaps one of the signal inventions of history. It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics.

      >Without air conditioning you can work only in the cool early-morning hours or at dusk. The first thing I did upon becoming prime minister was to install air conditioners in buildings where the civil service worked. This was key to public efficiency.

      – Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore

    10. Arthour148 on

      But didn’t Aristotle have contact with Nubians through Egypt at this point?

    12. Swimming-Ad5544 on

      It’s so cool to learn about the common thoughts at this time, because they were so smart but also so dumb at the same time lol

    14. Impossible-Run-8073 on

      To be fair, from their perspective all habitable lands would have been north of that line according to experience. Those lands in that area that they would have been familiar with were mostly deserts and harsh terrain.

    17. MixPlus on

      For me I have to agree. I couldn’t inhabit any of those countries at that latitude. I mean not in a natural way, without air conditioning and having to walk outside.

    22. X-Jet on

      In two decades it will become one, when sweating does not compensate for heat and humidity there is nothing you can do. Thanks to the hyrdocarbons and coal

    26. Rumble2Man on

      For Cosmere readers, I’m curious if this inspired Sanderson’s world building in Mistborn

    29. Mental-Geologist2819 on

      More then half of all humans are living in this „uninhabitable“ zone 🤣

    30. AnIgnorablePerson on

      If Aristotle were born in late middle ages, he would’ve been made a pretentious dumb scientist

    31. Tytoivy on

      It’s understandable that they might think this given the Sahara and Rub al Khali deserts, but what about Ethiopia? They knew Ethiopia was a highly populous place. Did they just think it was due east of Egypt?

    32. Mobile_Society_8458 on

      Aristotle certainly knew about India and that a lot of people live there if he read Herodotus, which he should have.

    35. Administrator90 on

      Well… if global warming doesnt stop this will become true in 200 years.

    36. Trakinasbr25 on

      This is logical for their time is correct, the Sahara is south, so they thought everything southern would be hotter due to the major solar exposure, but they didn’t know about the Hadley cell, which creates the ITCZ and brings a lot of rain to the tropics, cooling it.

    37. ZotMatrix on

      They didn’t have much use for oil in his day I guess. Except olive oil.

    38. IntoTheCommonestAsh on

      The good news for Aritotelianism is that thanks to climate change he might be mostly right in a couple decades! 

      Wet bulb future, here we come.

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