Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Peace as Evolution


In his new book Steven Pinker argues that despite the current understandings of evolutionary psychology that argue that humans are naturally aggressive, the human brain has evolved over the centuries to favor peaceful coexistence. He explains that human violence has decreased over the course of 1000s of years, and in the right habitat, the brain can adapt to its surroundings to favor peace.

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