Oral tradition
Subject in Social Sciences
Oral tradition has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Danny Jones Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel EverettAmerican linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon
Everett argues every technology we depend on reduces some ability, as writing reduced our capacity to remember what we hear.
“every bit of technology that we become dependent on exacts a price in the lowering of our abilities”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:33:16
Everett believes Pirahã memory skills are cultural rather than biological, citing Pirahã raised in Brazilian towns who behave like Brazilians.
“But I don't see any evidence for biological differences, just profound cultural differences”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 52:52
Podcasts
- Danny Jones Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel EverettDanny Jones Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 49 min
Linguist Daniel Everett tells Danny Jones about living with the Pirahã of the Amazon, language origins, his split with Noam Chomsky, and abandoning Christianity.