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language matters. we are not more "monsters" than all the other animals. our hate is just more potent because we harness technology better than the average murd

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > we are not more "monsters" than all the other animals We’re not. But the chimpanzee-bonobos violence disparity, together with our eradication of the Neanderthals (with some interbreeding) seems to point to humans being, naturally, on the more violent end of the spectrum. That isn’t immutable. But it means our tendency to be angry and vengeful is probably too high; we should be mindful in trusting those emotions.
  • DyslexicAtheist 3y ago
    you had me here, and I would love to read more about that. > seems to point to humans being, naturally, on the more violent end of the spectrum. I read Agner Fog's work on this topic (https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0128.pdf https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0128.pdf) but I always lumped humanity in with other animals and attributed our numbers of violent casualties to our weapons. But maybe we are really more viscous and violent on this spectrum. I wonder though would other primates be equally prone to it if they had the tools (and same disease of consciousness).
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > maybe we are really more viscous and violent on this spectrum To my knowledge, the two species with genocidal tendencies are humans and chimpanzees [1]. The drive for not only defeating but thoroughly eliminating an adversary appears to be, at least in modern biology, unique. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War