War is not based on Instinctual Behauvior

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The Agression Systems:

 

http://www.culture-of-peace.info/aggression-intro.html

 

Excerpts from the introduction

 

It provides extensive scientific evidence on the nature of the

aggression systems which shows that war and other institutional

behaviors have no direct genetic or neurophysiological basis. Next time

you hear some expert expound on the biological basis of warfare, ask

him or her if they have recorded from single neurons or isolated single

genes of aggressive behavior as in the data provided here. And ask if

they have tried using methods such as cross-cultural anthropology as

done here to get at the prehistoric cultural origins of these behaviors.

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, "mahahradanatha"

<mahahradanatha> wrote:

> The Agression Systems:

>

> http://www.culture-of-peace.info/aggression-intro.html

>

> Excerpts from the introduction

>

> It provides extensive scientific evidence on the nature of the

> aggression systems which shows that war and other institutional

> behaviors have no direct genetic or neurophysiological basis. Next time

> you hear some expert expound on the biological basis of warfare, ask

> him or her if they have recorded from single neurons or isolated single

> genes of aggressive behavior as in the data provided here. And ask if

> they have tried using methods such as cross-cultural anthropology as

> done here to get at the prehistoric cultural origins of these behaviors.

 

So, what you are saying is that the direct observation

of animal wars in the field has no basis in reality

based on the above research?

 

What are they doing then, cracking each others' skulls

as an act of love?

 

I'd say your source is a wee bit biased, being called

"Culture of Peace."

 

The fact is that animals fight and have always fought.

War is a cultural, rather than a genetic or neurological

function. In other words, animals which share similar

territorial goals may band together to acheive those

goals. There need not be a genetic or neurological

function specific to that. The social functions do the

job nicely themselves.