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> Men are made to be dumb, reckless and horny, the moment they become cerebral, emotional and scared that's the signal that society is on the brink of collapse.

> Men are made to be dumb, reckless and horny, the moment they become cerebral, emotional and scared that's the signal that society is on the brink of collapse. This statement is wholly unsupported by history or science.

GDC7 5y ago
Past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes. We are quite literally watching Japan disappear in front of our eyes. The West is about to start contracting as well. The only areas which are growing are India, Africa and South America. The future can't be bright when you inesorably shrink day after day.
- ssully 5y ago
  If past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes than why did you reference history(the past) in your last point to reinforce what you think will be happening in our future?
fallingknife 5y ago
"History" could be renamed "men acting dumb, reckless, and horny" and it would basically be accurate.
meetups323 5y ago
It's a fair characterization of the mouse utopia experiments of John B. Calhoun, modulo some anthropomorphism. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28555652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28555652
- moussrr1 5y ago
  Those "experiments" have long since been recognized as broken and invalid. The mice were severely overcrowded, because Calhoun didn't actually understand the animals' need for spread out, large territories, and was more concerned with churning out dozens of ridiculous mouse-panopticons. Mice have biological processes that are sometimes analogous to humans, making them useful for some forms of experimentation. Their social behavior is anything but human-like.
user-the-name 5y ago
It is also a favourite far-right bit of ideology.
elzbardico 5y ago
Given the prevalence of armed conflict in human history, I have trouble agreeing that OP's statement, even if did in jest, isn't supported by history. It takes a whole lot of dumbness and recklessness to enter wars.
- watwut 5y ago
  That is because when you look closely at factors that led to those wars, you find people reacting on self interest in situations where going to war is has high chance of being beneficial to them. It is easy to create slogans and such. But real history when you look at it is not as simple as dumb guys being dumb.

GDC7 5y ago

Past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes. We are quite literally watching Japan disappear in front of our eyes. The West is about to start contracting as well. The only areas which are growing are India, Africa and South America. The future can't be bright when you inesorably shrink day after day.

ssully 5y ago
If past performance is not an indicator of future outcomes than why did you reference history(the past) in your last point to reinforce what you think will be happening in our future?

fallingknife 5y ago

"History" could be renamed "men acting dumb, reckless, and horny" and it would basically be accurate.

meetups323 5y ago

It's a fair characterization of the mouse utopia experiments of John B. Calhoun, modulo some anthropomorphism. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28555652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28555652

moussrr1 5y ago
Those "experiments" have long since been recognized as broken and invalid. The mice were severely overcrowded, because Calhoun didn't actually understand the animals' need for spread out, large territories, and was more concerned with churning out dozens of ridiculous mouse-panopticons. Mice have biological processes that are sometimes analogous to humans, making them useful for some forms of experimentation. Their social behavior is anything but human-like.

user-the-name 5y ago

It is also a favourite far-right bit of ideology.

elzbardico 5y ago

Given the prevalence of armed conflict in human history, I have trouble agreeing that OP's statement, even if did in jest, isn't supported by history. It takes a whole lot of dumbness and recklessness to enter wars.

watwut 5y ago
That is because when you look closely at factors that led to those wars, you find people reacting on self interest in situations where going to war is has high chance of being beneficial to them. It is easy to create slogans and such. But real history when you look at it is not as simple as dumb guys being dumb.