Along these lines, I happened to catch this author, John Horgan, discussing his new book, "The End of War" on the Dylan Ratigan show on MSNBC this afternoon... I'm so glad this subject is starting to be discussed on a national basis rather than just locally among a few peace-loving people and usually being laughed at and considered naive by most others... He argues that this terrible malady that has plagued human kind since it's inception can be cured..
Maybe all my efforts through all these years and all these tears will not be in vain..
""War is a fact of human nature. As long as we exist, it exists. That's how the argument goes.
But longtime Scientific American writer John Horgan disagrees. Applying the scientific method to war leads Horgan to a radical conclusion: biologically speaking, we are just as likely to be peaceful as violent. War is not preordained, and furthermore, it should be thought of as a solvable, scientific problem—like curing cancer.(bolding mine) But war and cancer differ in at least one crucial way: whereas cancer is a stubborn aspect of nature, war is our creation. It’s our choice whether to unmake it or not.
In this compact, methodical treatise, Horgan examines dozens of examples and counterexamples—discussing chimpanzees and bonobos, warring and peaceful indigenous people, the World War I and Vietnam, Margaret Mead and General Sherman—as he finds his way to war’s complicated origins. Horgan argues for a far-reaching paradigm shift with profound implications for policy students, ethicists, military men and women, teachers, philosophers, or really, any engaged citizen. """
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PS: M is ordering it now along with Footloose.. An anti-war dancer is me..:) |
