Next time a politician says 'we must address the root causes of violence', ask whether they're referring to 1) evolutionary processes of sexual selection 2) genetic influences on aggressiveness & impulsivity, or 3) over-regulated economies that incentivize 'illegal markets'
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Geoffrey definitely doesn't share Sam Harris's (
@SamHarrisOrg) intuition that personal beliefs are the primary movers and shakes of these kinds of behavior. Would have been fun to hear them go into this difference of opinion.
I think belief systems play virtually no role in petty crime or impulsive violence. They play a huge role in terrorism and state violence.
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Antisocial attitudes and beliefs are one of the biggest predictors of reoffending in adults and children. It’s among the top criminogenic needs that are targeted when working with offenders.
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Yep, but I think heritable sociopathy/psychopathy is driving a lot of the 'antisocial attitudes', rather than the attitudes shaping the aggressiveness.
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Which is sort of a language game. "I will live forever if I kill these people." and "I must kill this person to be respected forever."
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Very very smart people can really feel they are thinking clearly here. But, the fact is: the magical belief that allows a person to shoot a stranger has the same structure of the magical belief about heaven. Unless, you play with words. I like that you don't do that w/ crime.
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And, just to say, you may think beliefs play virtually no role in the crime a person commits who believes he won't be caught, but this is exactly the kind of role that Sam
@SamHarrisOrg finds beliefs playing in all domains. I'm just saying, you two would have a good debate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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