Reason Rally (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, April 04, 2012, 01:18 (4595 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

I can't answer to all of this right now, but I'll preface with this:-http://www.amazon.com/The-Better-Angels-Our-Nature/dp/0670022950/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333498376&sr=8-1-Pinker has an essay published online earlier that summarizes parts of the book, but everything is backed by hard data. There has been less violence in the world since WWII than at any other point in history. Pax Americana? Very probably. -> Class, I would like to present a few examples of Matt's Peace and Goodwill of mankind from 1890-present:
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> "..the full twentieth century, during which approximately 231 million people died in wars and conflict and, in very large numbers,"by human decision."
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> -I'm not quite done with Pinker's book. If you'd oblige, check out this review:-http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/books/review/the-better-angels-of-our-nature-by-steven-pinker-book-review.html?_r=1&bl-I'll write up stats, but you'll have to be patient. This book (in the span of a month) turned me from a Machiavellian into someone hopeful for peace...-> By Year/Death Toll
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> Major Wars
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> You really need to rethink your position
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> > Medicine. Not shocking. Hardly a "hard" science. David? 
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> Care to elaborate in another thread? I would LOVE to hear this. .......

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