Is it natural for humans to make war ​…

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woosh W
woosh Jul 20, 2013 15:54:05
Replying to thelonious

The entire human story has almost without exception been one of constant waring. the world system today promotes war actively which is huge buisness, very controlling which requires for us to be endlessly addicted to conflict. with all our individual capacities and intelligence we should by now have truely evolved, but have not done so in this regard since the dawn of man.

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Jul 21, 2013 00:28:05
Replying to woosh

woosh wrote:
The entire human story has almost without exception been one of constant waring. the world system today promotes war actively which is huge buisness, very controlling which requires for us to be endlessly addicted to conflict. with all our individual capacities and intelligence we should by now have truely evolved, but have not done so in this regard since the dawn of man.
Well said.

I think as long as we, or should i say "they" feel the need for such unbelievable greed we'll be in a state of permanent war one way or the other.

I just don't get the whole hoarding of wealth mentality. How much does any one person need ffs.
Take people who regularly post on here, and though i don't know most of you personally i couldn't pick out one of you that i'd say would go on gathering wealth if you had say 2m stashed away, i know what i'd be doing in that position. So what is it with these people ? addiction ? a craving for yet more power and control ?
It saddens and totally baffles me.

R Robot Emperor
Robot Emperor Jul 25, 2013 21:41:16
Replying to woosh

woosh wrote:
The entire human story has almost without exception been one of constant waring. the world system today promotes war actively which is huge buisness, very controlling which requires for us to be endlessly addicted to conflict. with all our individual capacities and intelligence we should by now have truely evolved, but have not done so in this regard since the dawn of man.
Caution in all things, especially approaching academic papers. Take anything attributed to anthropologists with a massive pinch of salt. Something very fishy about this research and the way it is reported.

As far as human evolution is concerned... Evolution is about survival not enlightenment. Intelligence may well be an evolutionary dead end which nature is now abandoning.

Christopher Hitchens:
“Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder.”

Quite like this bit of shit stirring as well:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/21/opposable_thumbs_evolved_for_fighting/