[ExI] Death follows European contact (Mirco Romanato)

[William Flynn Wallace]

Yes, read the book.  It would take a roomful of historians, statisticians,
psychologists and others to really critique this book.  One person cannot
do it justice.  It is a massive synthesis and what if he did get a few
things wrong?  Or the people he quoted did?  Read The Blank Slate too.  He
is one of the smartest people psychology ever had,  IMO.

If you want to talk about history and violence you have to read it!  One
thing he did miss:  epigenetics, which allows genetic changes to take place
rapidly.  bill w


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 12:14 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

> One scathing commentator:
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> >...This optimistic theme coincides with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
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> laureate's ongoing wars on at least four continents (Asia, Africa,
> Europe, and South America) and the US military's spread to more than
> eight hundred bases worldwide...
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> When people write silliness like this, it is evidence they didn't read
> Pinker's book, or if so, didn't get it.  Perhaps this commentator read only
> the introduction or the cover flaps or even someone else's commentary on
> the book and immediately took to promoting their own favorite ideology.
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> Right or wrong, Pinker's book brings up some really important questions,
> and sheds light on Keith Henson's favorite topic, evolutionary psychology.
> Do we have sufficient critical mass to create a Better Angels discussion
> group?  Or shall we just post it all here?  How many Better Angel fans have
> we?  Keith?  Rafal?  Others?
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> spike
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