N.M. Scientist Offers Look at Origins of War

Albuquerque Journal ^ | Friday, October 26, 2007 | John Fleck

[Rudder]

Social evolutionists say that humans share traits from both groups...

Yes, I know. I spent a two-year fellowship in Tanzania watching them.

[TruthConquers]

"Who are you?"

What do you want?"

Babylon 5; It was the Vorlons and the Shadows

[maine-iac7]

Origins of war - Cain and Abel

[woofie]

Cain and Abel, brotherly love

[driftless2]

"evil men"

Exactly right. And because there will always be a percentage of the population of evil people who can convince other not-quite-so-evil people that they can gain something by following them, we will have war. But liberals do not believe in human nature, which is why they're always puzzled over origins of strife and war. Like the clown who did the study.

[curiosity]

Perhaps there will be no more war when every nation is a democracy?

That's the neocon delusion. War is in our genes. It will be with us no matter what form of government we establish.

[Lijahsbubbe]

The strange combination of sharing with our neighbors while we engage in organized group killing of outsiders— two relatively unusual and puzzling human traits—

Not puzzling and certainly not new information. It's the pack mentality. People band together for strength while protecting their turf, goods and family from any real or perceived threat.

[VOA]

Going on the attack against your neighbors costs resources and risks
death, two behaviors that are generally bad evolutionary bargains.

This scientist probably does know a lot of theory.

But doesn't know sh-t about history.

[VOA]

"Our legacy need not be our destiny," Bowles said.

The slogan of many disappeared pacifistic groups.

That won't be found in history books because they were "erased"
by their more pragmatic neighbors.

[VOA]

War will exist as long as there are pacifists.

One rock-solid lesson of history.

And one that naive pencil-necked geeks have the freedom and leisure
to try to debunk the lesson.

Because people that understand that lesson of war provide them that
freedom and leisure.

[Reeses]

War is in our genes.

The whole reason humans walk upright is to free our hands to carry weapons. Almost every human trait can be traced to its advantage at war, especially our having intelligence far in excess of that needed to find food and shelter. For some reason leftists have real trouble accepting this idea that human means war-maker. Darwin wrote about about this subject a long time ago in his book The Descent of Man but this is seldom understood or acknowledged.

[tet68]

“Bowles, an economist whose career defies academic labels...”

Another way of saying he’s not accredited.