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| | things magazine - vapourware in paper |
 | | It's a romantic idea, but as one of the posters points out, "How many oral traditions that have been transmitted to you orally are you familiar with?", the answer is: none. |
 | | All the oral traditions I know about have reached me through books, magazines or the web.' In other words, you need the back-up of available media, and even that is far from reliable (something we've touched on before). |
 | | Check the USA report density on this UFO sightings map, a place where oral tradition long ago gave way to other far more influential forms of media. |
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