<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">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<br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:36 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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>... On Behalf Of Keith Henson<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] Death follows European contact<br>
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Tara Maya <<a href="mailto:tara@taramayastales.com">tara@taramayastales.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</div>>>... For what it's worth, my own research on original sources, conducted<br>
<div class="">before I read his book, supports Pinker's argument.<br>
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</div>>... There are sound evolutionary reasons why falling resources per capita<br>
<div class="">(or the prospect of same) usually drives human populations into war.<br>
</div>...Keith<br>
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Ok think about these two sentences, how you would answer them. Do offer a<br>
continuation please:<br>
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We all know how things are today. Things are going to get even worse<br>
because _____________ .<br>
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We all know how things are today. Things are going to get even better<br>
because _____________ .<br>
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I have answers for both of these, but which sentence is easier to answer and<br>
why?<br>
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spike<br>
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