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[-] Nalivai@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago

first-time parents leart all of this from their in-laws.

And so much of that was dangerous bullshit, it's unbelievable. So many children died because of that.

[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That's due to the lack of medical knowledge. Even doctors used to recommend dangerous shit back in the day. (Heck, they used to think that babies don't feel much pain as recently as the 1980s. Archive link.) So, it's not really an argument against communal knowledge. Also, I'm not arguing against medical help. Everyone should always seek medical help when having kids, but the communal knowledge is necessary as well.

[-] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It is indeed due to the lack of medical knowledge. The thing is, so called "generational wisdom" is basically a synonym for lack of knowledge, medical or otherwise. When your go-to source of knowledge is the elders from your community, it stops you from seeking more relevant, and almost certainly more correct knowledge. Community isn't smart, community is dominated by people who are speaking the loudest, the community consensus revolves around certainty, and people who know the most tend to be least certain in their language.

this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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