I would predict that people's willingness to use violence is a sigmoid response to the prevalence of violence around them. Any actual study?
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@fchollet then it might work :) but biological factors probably override environmental factors when it comes to violence.
@vakibs incredible drop in violence in e.g. Japan over the past 400 years suggests biology is not relevant. Violence is vanishingly rare now
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@vakibs Surely if biology was the dominant factor then violence would be constant as genetic factors stay constant. -
@fchollet By biology, I don't mean just genetics but the chemical propensity to violence driven by hormones and the endocrine system. - Show replies
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@vakibs But Japan went from extreme levels of violence to a (almost completely) non-violent society while population is still the same. -
@fchollet We also have to see systemic violence, produced almost automatically. E.g, Factory farming of animals. Or keeping people in slums.
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@fchollet That's a good point. But potential for violence is still there. It is about how effective the society is in controlling hotheads.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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