He sensed that the marsh people were still hiding many secrets.
The Barbaric Bone Tribe Leader said, "Because during the Swamp God's Blessing, male infants' mortality rate is far higher than that of female infants, women believe that our male breaths are more polluted, and that our entrance into the main tree house would pose a threat to the infants' health."
Ivita raised her eyebrows. Was this not just superstition?
Indeed.
The more primitive the place, the more superficial their understanding of nature and the world. They could only observe surface-level patterns, and then make primitive inferences.
The conclusions reached in this way were often irrational.