[ExI] Really? and EP

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 14:19:01 UTC 2009


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:45 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Humans don't need a reason to fight.
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> They are the best fighters yet developed by evolution.
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> Humans fight just for fun. Read the news.

This demonstrates an appalling misunderstanding of evolution.

Humans who fought when the net advantage of fighting to their genes
(including copies in relatives) was negative did not (statistically)
become out ancestors.

Have you read *any* of the major works in the field?

Keith

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