.@sapinker It has declined and I'll beat the crap out of anyone who disagrees.
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@lucianocupim viu essa? Um estudo novo desafiando algumas idéias do Pinker sobre violência ao longo da história -https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-battle-over-whether-violence-has-declined-over-time …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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What are your thoughts about Christopher Ryan’s thesis that pre-agricultural foragers in small groups were more peaceful?
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What is his thesis based on? I haven't come across this thesis yet, so I'm curious.
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As far as I can make out Ryan is an author pushing a few ideas. He has no credentials and has done little, if any, research.
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Ah, in other words it's just more paleo-fantasy then? Thanks, I'll have to look him up sometime today.
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I was hoping to hear an opinion from a scholar who has actually read their book.
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Two things: 1) Pinker doesn't respond to comments, so good luck 2) Many of us haven't heard of Ryan yet, which is why I asked you about him
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For the record, Pinker deals with agricultural foragers on pp. 46-47 of Better Angels: they fight for "gain, safety, & credible deterrence."
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“Better Angels...” is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve read—a message of cautious hope and optimism which I find relevant in my work.
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Scientists ‘battle’? Seems violent.
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Violence will always be with us, so will compassion. Its up to us to decide which wins, moment by moment.
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Flawed study. Nowadays technology allows a fewer number of aggressors to inflict greater casualties, thus keeping up the class average.
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What happened to 100 million missing Asian women?
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Does study include intragroup killings in nonstate societies as well as intergroup? If it did, would that raise rates in nonstate groups?
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Physical violence maybe (if you exclude extremism) but psychological (social and institutional) violence has ramped up.Meaner hearts at play
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I think watching your children die from starvation and disease was worse than the "psychological violence" you refer to.
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Yeah starvation and disease have nothing to do with violence. Poverty and disease have to do with governance and economics.
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My point was that we are probably living in the best time in human history. Lowest levels of disease, poverty and violence (per capita).
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Dubious...
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