Is There a Higher Intelligence?

I think it's really neat too, because there are so many assumptions in western philosophy that are just based off a complete jus tha's not how the brain works. It's odd to go into epistemology and try to use that as a way to discuss how we should be better members of society. I look at some of the books that have come out recently, and you how did you come up with that ideaand why would you think that one? One of the ones strikes me as most interesting is, let's say, do you think there's more or less violence now than there was a hundred years ago? Well, first question is, what do you mean by violence?