Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

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clickety_clack•24 minutes ago

Why does anyone do anything? Some people obviously just got really into the idea of sailing to the islands.

Right now there are people in the world that are super into the idea of going to Mars. There’s no reason why anyone has to do it, but they’re into the idea of it and they’ll find whatever rationale they need to explain the desire.

RajT88•1 minute ago

"Why was there a massive migration to Mars starting in 2050? More importantly why did every wave of settlers die out almost immediately"?

kelseyfrog•2 minutes ago

We're going to Mars because of rainfall patterns. The anthropologists of the future will peice together clues and come to the same conclusion.

yzydserd•22 minutes ago

An increase in the supply of boat snacks?

goda90•about 1 hour ago

This talks about climate impacting the population, but it made me wonder if herd immunity to disease in an isolated population could cause population limiting diseases to go extinct after awhile.

mtoner23•30 minutes ago

Food would be the biggest barrier to population growth in pre modern times

dostick•18 minutes ago

Same reason as everything - looking for women

ohyoutravel•about 1 hour ago

This was covered in the movie.

Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?

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