A Tribe Of Pornographers

It is interesting to view our contemporary society through the lens of a future anthropologist. The assumption here would be that the anthropologist does not have all the facts, and, consequently, the resultant analyses may be done out of context. In fact, the conclusions could be completely incorrect.

Consider the anthropologist analyzing the archaeological sample of a porn CD, and finally devising a special reader to view its contents. From common knowledge, there is a tribe known as the "Pornographers" who are exiled from polite society. Their practices are seen as abhorrent by a significant proportion of the world. However, the reader could not view the contents of the CD, as all that came out was a strange textured surface. Clearly, this would lead to speculations as to the ritual actions of these Pornographers...

Studying things with imperfect information may result in conclusions that are actually out of context. Of course, with the case of an extinct civilization, the context may never be known as much of the data on their activities will be corrupted.