I haven't read his book either but I have a hard time believing that hunter-gathers killed each other at a higher rate than our two world wars in the 20th...
Hi arminius Yes, scarcity of food resourses probably explains some of the violence - or even wanting "easy pickings" - but does it explain all? The rewards of...
Hi Scott I have also been encouraged by the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement - the way people are sharing experiences on a world wide basis! I hope this...
Hi Robin Lots of interesting links and quite a lot of reading to be done before I come back on this.... :) I do remember you posting on the differences...
Hi Jim Pinker goes into his evidence in this talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html And this site has some interesting...
The UK government propaganda machine has been busy trying to convince us all that we are knee deep in people trying to scrounge their disability benefits....
... Hi Torgun Looking at some of the links you gave only confirms my suspicions - to be quite honest - that Pinker's observations on Hunter Gatherer societies...
... Hi Torgun Yes, and while the UK government propaganda machine is doing all this it will extrol the virtues a pair of professional scroungers who go by the...
Latest figure show that one third of the global workforce is either unemployed or living in poverty. Ironiccly we have enough resources, human and otherwise...
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Feb 2, 2012 10:05 am
Torgun, I have given funds, clothing, and food to my local Occupy movement. I am handicapped and an easy target, so I just go out on selected marches with...
Hi Torgun - good to see from you. Although i know that there are different tendancies between chimps and bonobos, i think that stress (of one type or another...
Many interesting points. Will need some digesting. Maybe you could email these comments to Pinker? I made a quick crawl through some links on him - was...
Hi Lyla Good to hear from you as well! The book I read was aware of the argument about outside stresses on chimpanzee habitats - the view was that some of the...
It does not bode well for a truly scientific approach if he judges the worth of supporting a political movement on one event. I may be wrong but i do sense...
Torgun, the book Ecotopia deals with some of those issues by ritualized male violence to allow males to have controlled violent events without...
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Feb 3, 2012 7:22 am
nick9tap, I deal with that kind of sentiment everyday in the U.S. If you're disabled, you better own your own business or at least be educated and highly...
Whilst i do not go along with all that S.P. says, i agree with you Torgun that we have a human nature to deal with; a legacy of both evolution and culture....
Also he is comparing male death rates between HG and modern war in which more women and children get killed due to civilian casualties which are rare in HG...
Hi all, Just to let you know that Myself and Torgun are picking up moderator duties for a while for arminius while he is otherwise engaged. Quite a few...
Dear friends, I have been sending occasional political emails to you for many years, to some of you directly as individuals and to others via various...
Thanks all for your contributions so far! Lyla, you've made many sensible comments here. Regarding your comments on when "people feel secure, valued, etc..." -...
Yes, i always prick up my ears when Camila Batmanghelidjh turns up. And i feel so that grateful that she is there - she really is a beacon amongst all the...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-slave-who-spoke-from-beyond-the-grave-6358937.html An extraordinary letter written by an emancipated slave...
Interesting article on Syria, albeit somewhat biassed. Any comments? Robin ... US, Russia clash over Washington's war drive against Syria By Chris Marsden 2...
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iwi@...
Feb 5, 2012 9:04 pm
Bonjour Robin, Yes, Robin, an interesting article. I am not too sure how biassed it is. In the North American reptile media the language of Clinton, et al, is...
Well this sentence from the article clearly expresses a bias: "While the imperialist powers and their proxies are helping arm "rebel" forces that are fighting...
... Hi Trevor Good point about the double standards involved though I think Eric makes some very telling points as well. All this pseudo-concern for the...
Hi all I wonder if anyone here knows something about miracle mineral supplement (MMS) or knows of anyone who might have tried it. Here's a link by the way...
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Stephen Shenfield
sshenfield@...
Feb 6, 2012 6:46 pm
The FDA is controlled by Big Pharma and other vested interests with an interest in suppressing ³unconventional² treatments, but only some of those treatments...
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iwi@...
Feb 6, 2012 7:50 pm
Bonjour Robin, That link gives a lot of statements but no hard evidence. I couldn't even find any material description of what it actually is. Under the...
