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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 (...) (21 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. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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