Aw, Glen. You are probably right, as usual. Another great and beautiful theory crushed by ugly little facts. And as a behaviorist, what am I doing trotting out a "propensity" theory, anyway?
Still, there was something about reading those cultural descriptions of "amuck" that seemed to set these things in a new context. N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 8:55 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Running amok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On 01/03/2016 10:47 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Is it one of those little-seen individual propensities that evolution > has placed in us because it was extraordinarily useful to small groups > at the edge of extermination by competing groups? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_amok "usually by a single individual following a period of brooding" Given the alleged motivations of some of our group terrorists (e.g. those that took over Malheur this weekend) and those of some of the individuals, I'm left wondering how much is "usual"? -- ⊥ glen ⊥ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
