We are animals. More specifically, we are mammals.
Oh, yes, we have a bigger brain and are capable of "higher" thoughts; but we also retain that reptilian brain that, in times of stress can overwhelm any higher brain functioning.
Yes, and even if we aren't stressed we can see much animal behavior still functioning in the human being. For example, flight or fight reactions when there may be no real danger or the urge to copulate when there is no need and perhaps no desisre for more offspring are two "biggies," imo. These are basic instincts which stem from our biological anscestors and which indicate humans don't yet apply their reason to many of their actions.
Gina, I suggest when we are stressed (what at some level we are almost all the time) our instincts are what’s actually running the show and we’re damn good at going through the motions of pretending that “We” are or “I” am in charge. Little consideration or thought is focused on exactly what that We or I might actually be.
This lack of clarity and the conflict that it gives rise to is ago old.
The “Who” you point to in your question is the subject I’m asking you to consider rather than looking for identities to discover the motives for. While we can speculate about what these motives might be, only the individuals can say what their motives are if they can even be clear about them for themselves.
I don’t think of population growth as a cause of behavior. I do think the total environment which includes physical crowding plays a part in the conscious and unconscious activities that give rise to our experience which we then are in a dance with.
We’re not animals though. The vicious violence that people fighting for human rights have experienced is age old.
We should consider exactly who is committing the most violence and what their motivations are-I don’t think it’s population growth.
We are animals. More specifically, we are mammals.
Oh, yes, we have a bigger brain and are capable of "higher" thoughts; but we also retain that reptilian brain that, in times of stress can overwhelm any higher brain functioning.
Yes, and even if we aren't stressed we can see much animal behavior still functioning in the human being. For example, flight or fight reactions when there may be no real danger or the urge to copulate when there is no need and perhaps no desisre for more offspring are two "biggies," imo. These are basic instincts which stem from our biological anscestors and which indicate humans don't yet apply their reason to many of their actions.
Gina, I suggest when we are stressed (what at some level we are almost all the time) our instincts are what’s actually running the show and we’re damn good at going through the motions of pretending that “We” are or “I” am in charge. Little consideration or thought is focused on exactly what that We or I might actually be.
This lack of clarity and the conflict that it gives rise to is ago old.
The “Who” you point to in your question is the subject I’m asking you to consider rather than looking for identities to discover the motives for. While we can speculate about what these motives might be, only the individuals can say what their motives are if they can even be clear about them for themselves.
I don’t think of population growth as a cause of behavior. I do think the total environment which includes physical crowding plays a part in the conscious and unconscious activities that give rise to our experience which we then are in a dance with.