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I'm not sure if they thought that, the Chinese did and I think other primitive societies did. Maybe it's just that primitive societies all make the same conclusion about this for some reason. Regarding, cameras and the natives, one interesting thing is that they seem not to be allowed to see images of dead people. TV programs with natives in it will have a message at the start saying 'warning, this program may contain images and voices of the deceased'.