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What Kind of Apes Are We? ~ Richard Wrangham

On Humans

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The Goodness Paradox

There is something nice to be said about humans, it's kind of banality of goodness almost. But on the other hand we are capable of really horrifying violence and a mass scale. Could you talk a little bit about that? Well yes, let's go back to that aeroplane. We in order to feel safe have to put every single passenger on the plane through security checks because we are worried that some people might be planning aggression. So yeah, this draws attention to the difference between proactive and reactive aggression. Proactive aggression is planned, is not necessarily associated with any kind of strong emotions but just rid of the liberal aggression that plots violence. And humans are notably reduced compared to chimpanzees

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