[ExI] Death follows European contact

[William Flynn Wallace]

If Pinker is right about that one, things will get better because of the
spread of democracy.  Evan Afghanistan, backwards and corrupt as it is, is
trying. (tangent question:  why does the Taliban think that people will
want them to govern them with all the terrible things they are doing and
did when they were in power?  "We're going to bomb you into
righteousness!")  billw


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:36 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
> >... On Behalf Of Keith Henson
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Death follows European contact
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:00 AM,  Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>... For what it's worth, my own research on original sources, conducted
> before I read his book, supports Pinker's argument.
>
> >... There are sound evolutionary reasons why falling resources per capita
> (or the prospect of same) usually drives human populations into war.
> ...Keith
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
> Ok think about these two sentences, how you would answer them.  Do offer a
> continuation please:
>
>
> We all know how things are today.  Things are going to get even worse
> because _____________ .
>
> We all know how things are today.  Things are going to get even better
> because _____________ .
>
>
> I have answers for both of these, but which sentence is easier to answer
> and
> why?
>
> spike
>
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