Michael Morris

If there's a myth about the tsunami and we repeat that myth, even though generations go by without a tsunami, but we still repeat the myth, the myth is there to protect us when the tsunami does come. And it's not a hypothetical example. There's a group that are sometimes called sea gypsies that live pretty much on the water in Thailand.

And they did not lose many people in the great tsunami of 2006, even though many people in the coastal villages died, because they have all these songs and myths about how the ocean looks when there's a tsunami. It's tricky. The ocean actually recedes. Before a tsunami, which is like an invitation to go look in the tidal pools.

And they did not lose many people in the great tsunami of 2006, even though many people in the coastal villages died, because they have all these songs and myths about how the ocean looks when there's a tsunami. It's tricky. The ocean actually recedes. Before a tsunami, which is like an invitation to go look in the tidal pools.

And they did not lose many people in the great tsunami of 2006, even though many people in the coastal villages died, because they have all these songs and myths about how the ocean looks when there's a tsunami. It's tricky. The ocean actually recedes. Before a tsunami, which is like an invitation to go look in the tidal pools.

But if you have a lore in your culture of like, if the ocean ever recedes, head for the hills. You know, that's an adaptive cultural...

But if you have a lore in your culture of like, if the ocean ever recedes, head for the hills. You know, that's an adaptive cultural...

But if you have a lore in your culture of like, if the ocean ever recedes, head for the hills. You know, that's an adaptive cultural...

Well... There are many examples where I was like, oh my God, I didn't know that. I wouldn't have suspected that. Not all of them are things that have been adopted for me personally, but we have this myth about a primordial flood, the Moses story, right? And many things about the story, even as a child, when you hear it, you're like, this is made up nonsense, right?

Well... There are many examples where I was like, oh my God, I didn't know that. I wouldn't have suspected that. Not all of them are things that have been adopted for me personally, but we have this myth about a primordial flood, the Moses story, right? And many things about the story, even as a child, when you hear it, you're like, this is made up nonsense, right?

Well... There are many examples where I was like, oh my God, I didn't know that. I wouldn't have suspected that. Not all of them are things that have been adopted for me personally, but we have this myth about a primordial flood, the Moses story, right? And many things about the story, even as a child, when you hear it, you're like, this is made up nonsense, right?

Like, yeah, he built a boat just by himself and then he had all these animals. It doesn't, but it turns out that groups all around the world have myths about a primordial flood. And around, I guess around 8,000 years ago, there was a major rise in the oceans that corresponded to the end of some kind of mini ice age or something.

Like, yeah, he built a boat just by himself and then he had all these animals. It doesn't, but it turns out that groups all around the world have myths about a primordial flood. And around, I guess around 8,000 years ago, there was a major rise in the oceans that corresponded to the end of some kind of mini ice age or something.

Like, yeah, he built a boat just by himself and then he had all these animals. It doesn't, but it turns out that groups all around the world have myths about a primordial flood. And around, I guess around 8,000 years ago, there was a major rise in the oceans that corresponded to the end of some kind of mini ice age or something.

I can't remember the exact geological details, but the ocean level rose all around the world. And the Aboriginal peoples of Australia have, they all have myths about a primordial flood. They have different kinds of myths about like what the ocean did. And a few years ago,

I can't remember the exact geological details, but the ocean level rose all around the world. And the Aboriginal peoples of Australia have, they all have myths about a primordial flood. They have different kinds of myths about like what the ocean did. And a few years ago,

I can't remember the exact geological details, but the ocean level rose all around the world. And the Aboriginal peoples of Australia have, they all have myths about a primordial flood. They have different kinds of myths about like what the ocean did. And a few years ago,

some anthropologists who had collected the flood myths all around the country, they teamed up with some geologists who built simulations based on the topography of different parts of Australia. And what they found is that the myths of these groups correspond pretty well to what we can simulate happened 7,000 years ago in that part of Australia. So these really traumatic events

some anthropologists who had collected the flood myths all around the country, they teamed up with some geologists who built simulations based on the topography of different parts of Australia. And what they found is that the myths of these groups correspond pretty well to what we can simulate happened 7,000 years ago in that part of Australia. So these really traumatic events

some anthropologists who had collected the flood myths all around the country, they teamed up with some geologists who built simulations based on the topography of different parts of Australia. And what they found is that the myths of these groups correspond pretty well to what we can simulate happened 7,000 years ago in that part of Australia. So these really traumatic events

they get they get really well preserved uh by myths because we treat myths in such a sacrosanct way you know where you're not you're not allowed to tell your version of the of the you know noah story you know you're supposed to tell the exact version that's in the bible and uh Similarly, in these aboriginal groups, you're supposed to tell the exact story of the primordial flood myth.