Talk:674: Natural Parenting

2019-12-22T16:52:17Z

Blackslate: Comment on how "Eve" could not have been an early human name

The song "Doing What Comes Naturally" from Irving Berlin's ''Annie Get Your Gun'' also explores this meaning: "Grandpa Bill is on the hill / with someone he just married. / There he is at ninety-three / doing what comes naturally." [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.38|108.162.216.38]] 19:41, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

The title text includes the phrase "the mother of all sampling biases". This is a riff on the phrase "the mother of all battles", which was originally used by Saddam Hussein, the late president of Iraq, to refer to the first Gulf War (1990-1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait and was later beaten back to its borders by a coalition of forces from other countries). Since then, the phrase "the mother of all X" for various X has become something of a meme. Here, it's more ironic than usual, because (a) parenting can sometimes be viewed as something of a battle and (b) as the explanation already suggests, the comic is literally about being a parent.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.61|173.245.54.61]] 04:26, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
:I think in this case, the comic was only using the meme and most likely not considering the original phrase (which is not nearly as well known). 04:24, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

"The Mother of all sampling biases" also refers to the fact that he's talking about his mother, and his mother's mother, and his mother's mother's mother, all the way back to Eve.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.62|108.162.221.62]] 21:17, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
:Well, back to the first progenitor, who or whatever that may have been (probably not Eve). -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.221|108.162.249.221]] 23:31, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
::Except that people, at least from my experience, refer to the first woman as Eve, even when not necessarily talking about the biblical creation account. [[User:Mulan15262|Mulan15262]] ([[User talk:Mulan15262|talk]]) 00:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
:::Case in point: {{w|Mitochondrial Eve}} -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 02:39, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
::This is actually interesting question: what were the first names? Or, more exactly, what sounds were first used by humans to identify themselves? The English "Eve" is not so complicated sound, might actually be candidate (meanwhile, Ḥawwāh sounds complicated). -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 02:37, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
::Damián Blasi suggests that the sounds "f" and "v" did not exist until farming allowed humans to eat softer food and to evolve an overbite. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2196580-humans-couldnt-pronounce-f-and-v-sounds-before-farming-developed/ Source]

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