No I didn't. That was Keith. I don't agree with his seven. I love Keith but we often disagree.:>))
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D and N Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] 2NYTimes.com: Where the Jobs Aren't In response: and as vague On 9/8/2011 8:57 AM, Ray Harrell wrote: In the last few decades, the human life sciences, and particularly that of evolutionary biology, are now giving us some clear pointers as to human nature. Here are seven of them which can be stated as firmly as any of the other scientific "truths" which we use so far in shaping our cultures and daily lives: 1. Humans work best in small groups; local is best for many reasons 2. Human societies, whether small or large, are status-driven; status sought is personal greed ; status given is an honour received 3. Sexual partners (and the instinctive need for parenthood) are generally driven by female choice, and females generally choose males of higher social rank within their available culture; only as stated by those of insane greed 4. The educability and level of curiosity of the human brain, and concomitant personality traits, are almost completely set by puberty; almost completely??? is this a personal election for each individual? 5. The homeostatic setting of human emotions is set wider than any other mammal, thus we are capable of swinging between extreme cruelty and extreme altruism; Is this due to your number 4 ? or are we still in denial of "animal emotions" ? 6. Proportionately we have far more non-coding DNA than genes and this gives a far wider (epigenetic) susceptibility to environmental conditions than other species and this, too, is heritable (though not as permanently as discrete genetic inheritance); Again , in proportion to what? Other "animals" or are we talking plants??? 7. Humans are the only species that has discovered the benefits of trading between disparate cultures and thus gaining mutual survival benefits. Gee and what do chimps do when they offer food rations for grooming ? Yes, this is within the group . But, where will it lead ? If humans are so smart, why do we continue to implode our civilizations? AAAH , insane greed ??? D
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