[ExI] Beowulf

[hkhenson]

At 08:53 PM 11/21/2007, spike wrote:

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>I find Keith's approach to evolutionary psychology very encouraging; I hope
>it works.  If that approach is correct, then war among humans can eventually
>be ended via good old reliable materialism.  Peace thru more and better
>stuff.

It's not that simple. Given the environment that shaped our mental 
mechanisms, chances are we respond to future prospects. Good 
prospects, no war, bad ones, xenophobic war memes build up.

So no matter how much stuff we have, any prospects of less stuff next 
year will set off the mechanisms leading to wars.

Keith