Oceans on Nautilus: What Merpeople Say About Us
What Merpeople Say About Us How changing perceptions of mermaids and mermen reveal deeper understandings of myth, religion, science, wonder and capitalism. By Vaughn Scribner Merpeople’s hybridity has helped them maintain a presence in both scientific and mythological camps. In many people’s minds, mermaids and mermen remain mythical creatures more suitable for bedtime stories than scientific tracts. Yet for others merpeople symbolize the outer limits of our scientific and mythological investigations. Just as the evolution of science has not done away with lingering notions of wonder an...
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