Is humanity hard-wired for war and conflict?

Trollheart · 08-02-2015, 05:09 PM

You'd have to wonder. Many of the wars we've fought down the centuries have been about territory, religion, or sometimes finances, but at the heart of it all, is Man (no offence to ladies, I'm using the term as an overall one) genetically predisposed towards war, fighting and conflict? Could such a thing as peace --- proper, true, complete peace, if it were ever achieved --- cause humanity to stagnate and even die out? Do we, as many have conjectured down the ages, need war to survive, to keep our instincts sharp, to assure the survival of the fittest and the most cunning?

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Is humanity hard-wired for war and conflict? You'd have to wonder. Many of the wars we've fought down the centuries have been about territory, religion, or sometimes finances, but at the heart of it all, is Man (no offence to ladies, I'm using the term as an overall one) genetically predisposed towards war, fighting and conflict? Could such a thing as peace --- proper, true, complete peace, if it were ever achieved --- cause humanity to stagnate and even die out? Do we, as many have conjectured down the ages, need war to survive, to keep our instincts sharp, to assure the survival of the fittest and the most cunning? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018