Why “highlands” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
not my downvote, my feelings were not hurt at all The meat of the book is the references, not the extreme interpretation that catches most peoples' attention. No hallucinations…
by fuzzfactor · Sep 15, 2026
This is fascinating, and there's a key inconsistency in the article that points to an unresolved mystery. The author posits that sweet potatoes and tobacco moved into the highla…
by elmomle · Sep 15, 2026
I hear the PNG Highlands are quite picturesque.
by debo_ · Sep 15, 2026
My father lived in the PNG Highlands for a year in 1960 when he was 19, joining a mission station in Simbai (that had only been visited by the white man maybe 5 years earlier) a…
by simoncourage · Sep 15, 2026
If it helps, he's saying those two reasons are the evidence that the highlands were completely cut off, not that those are the cause of the highlands being cut off. As opposed t…
by npilk · Sep 15, 2026
My parents lived in the highlands in PNG in the late 70s and early 80s and my dad still speaks pidgin (mostly with his current neighbours who are from Port Moresby the capital).…
by som · Sep 15, 2026
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