RE: 19 dead, 50 injured, after terror attack
May 24, 2017 at 4:45 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2017 at 4:48 pm by Shell B.)
(May 24, 2017 at 3:07 pm)Khemikal Wrote:Quote:I'd even go as far as to say humans are exceptionally prone to this behavior compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. Sure, a monkey might beat another monkey to death in a fight (not sure on this, but you know where I'm going), but do they stage global wars?They do. Though, due to their population and population density, their conflicts look more like the sorts of conflicts we might expect (and do see) from our own early ancestors. More an issue of capability than temperament, the difference between us.
If i had to pick hairs, I;d say that we're the more peaceful species. Chimps get systematically violent at a far.....far lower pop density than human beings seem to.
I didn't say it was temperament. I didn't even venture to name a cause for it. I'm just observing.
Chimps need to compete more for resources than humans do. They also have a class structure that's on a smaller level, so yeah, there is more violence in a small group than you might see with humans. As far as systematic violence with chimps, that's so rare that it's only recently been documented, and it is *usually* for hunting purposes. For example, they'll hunt a monkey in a pack to eat it. They'll also bicker over territories, but they don't march to war with swords in hand. Whether it is because of capability or temperament is irrelevant.
I don't think we are any better or worse than animals. I think we are animals.
(May 24, 2017 at 3:07 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Animals like tigers are known to kill systematically; even if a need like hunger didn't exist.
I'm not sure about tigers, but I believe you. Dolphins do it, and I'm sure lots of other animals do too. I never said other animals are peaceful. Quite the opposite.
Quote:For humans; vengeance is another reason not present in your analysis. Payback; satisfaction through inflicting damage on others just like the actor got their share of pain.
Well, it wasn't a dissertation.
Quote:Bullied children tend to be bullies themselves when they grow. A molested child might be more likely to develop pedophilia during puberty and later on.
I'm not sure I agree with that. I only have my own experience to go off of, but I think I'd need to see good studies before I'd believe that. Both of those things happened to me and I commit neither act.
