Unbewohnbare Region nach Aristoteles
Von EstablishmentOne3438
Unbewohnbare Region nach Aristoteles
Von EstablishmentOne3438
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Currently, that „uninhabitable“ region is home to about 40-50% of the world population.
Aristotle’s uninhabitable torrid zone is a fascinating ancient geographic theory.
Coming from someone who sweats profusely when it hits 75 F, yes, this region is definitely uninhabitable.
Aristotle would be shocked to learn that the area includes the likely birthplace of *Homo sapiens*.
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.
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
Southern Cone Win…. again
Can confirm, no one lives in that area of Asia…
Turns out Aristotle was ginger…
But didn’t Aristotle have contact with Nubians through Egypt at this point?
Aristotle was obviously a climate doomer.
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
Dry air > Humidity. I’ll fight anyone here.
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.
Narrator: „He was wrong“
Quem quer passar além do Bojador, tem que passar além da dor.
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.
He at least got Australia right.
He wasnt wrong.
We’re heading there with global warming.
Clearly wrong, some of Australia isn’t in it.
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
And you know what? They were right. I’d melt like a snowman.
I mean… he was not that far off
I think he was wrong
For Cosmere readers, I’m curious if this inspired Sanderson’s world building in Mistborn
seeing dark skinned people for the first time and being like, Ya see!
He’ll be right about the Torrid Zone by the end of this century.
More then half of all humans are living in this „uninhabitable“ zone 🤣
If Aristotle were born in late middle ages, he would’ve been made a pretentious dumb scientist
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?
Aristotle certainly knew about India and that a lot of people live there if he read Herodotus, which he should have.
I live in the red area and he’s right
As someone who luve there, yes it is unhabitable
Well… if global warming doesnt stop this will become true in 200 years.
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.
They didn’t have much use for oil in his day I guess. Except olive oil.
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.