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> I wouldn't say that education is the antidote to war; rather, I'd say that education is the vaccine for war. Based on what? Education doesn't seem to have r
by anamax 16y ago
> I wouldn't say that education is the antidote to war; rather, I'd say that education is the vaccine for war.
Based on what? Education doesn't seem to have reduced the incidence of war.
Since education made large scale war possible....
- klbarry 16y agoDeath by violence has, though, increased drastically since hunter gatherer societies: http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violen...
- yters 16y agoWere the Nazis and the USSR and the rest of the western world well educated?
- swombat 16y agoGermany, in the first half of the 20th Century, could probably claim to be one of the most civilised and educated countries in the world. It started two World Wars. I guess education and war go hand in hand. Perhaps what Adams should have said is, economic integration is the antidote to war. Not as catchy, though.
- anamax 16y agoSomeone else commented on Germany between 1900 and 1950. Japan was easily the most educated country in Asia before WWII. I don't know how Italy stacks up to the rest of Europe, but Italy was far more educated than Ethiopia before invading it before WWII.