There was some intelligence causing the movement of the plates and that the intelligence entity had a purpose in placing the plates in motion.
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The birth of an Athenian male will differ from the birth of
the Spartan male in that a Spartan father takes the baby straight to the
meeting hall where a group of elders will take part in inspecting the baby. They
will take them and test their health as well as their strength and from there
they can decide if the baby is healthy. If the baby is healthy, the father is
then given the orders to raise the baby and is give a plot of land. For the Athenian
baby boy born the family announced the birth of the baby by pinning olive
leaves to the front door
It means that people will know if they are suffering from an illness, meaning that they have the advantage of being able to treat it. A disadvantage could be that if a disease is inactive or uncurable the person would be put through stress for no reason.