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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon
I think he's just a neurochemistry nerd who gets excited to find examples of, as he put it, self evident evolution.
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Nah, his self-help style is very consistent no matter what the topic.
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He said social hierarchies are "older than trees," which is true. I can't think of one culture, living or dead, that don't/didn't operate under basic tribalistic mechanisms. If it's less convoluted to compare ourselves to another prosocial animal, bonobos are thoroughly matriarchal.
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You could say the Quakers but that was very short-lived and had to plug into surrounding society to survive. Were early hunter-gatherers considered hierarchical? Certainly tribal in some elements.
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
What’s the point of discussing something with someone who’s starting with the premise that there are things in the universe that aren’t natural?
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I'll discuss anything with anyone, Mr. Strawman.