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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:42:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate on 1/13/2000, Dave Schuler wrote:

every single time there is a large-scale power
outage, society disintegrates to riots and chaos in a matter of hours.  Are
these the same people you trust to watch over themselves while simultaneously
considering the good of society at large?  This is the reality in which we
live, and it needs policing.  I don't mean a cop on every corner, but all
evidence demonstrates that society cannot be relied upon to behave itself all
by itself.

Hmm.

What were those tests done with rats in a cage--

a few rats in a large cage with lots of food and water, no problem

many rats in a small cage with hardly any food and water--mass pandemonium

We've seriously not evolved that far from the other species on this planet.



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  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) That’s discussed at some length in “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” by Ann Druyan and the late Carl Sagan. They stress that one can’t always predict human crisis-response based on the behavior of rats, but real-world examples make one wonder (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) Hmm. (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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