> From: Keith Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 05:55 PM 03/04/04 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > From: Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > snip > > > > So how does that square with the idease expressed > > > here? I'm not even sure, but evolutionary psychology > > > is a very, very, very thin reed on which to rest an argument. > > > >I tend to think extremism develops from out of control societal feedback > >loops, and that like any other parasitic disease extremism that's > >effective in some way is selected for. > > I think I would like to respond to this . . . . but I am not sure I have it > parsed right. > > Could you try again? > > It might help if you could tie it into the environment of evolutionary > adaption. I.e., when humans and their line lived as hunter gatherers.
To put it simply: All living beings are a complex set of interconnected feed back loops. At the cellular level, at the Macro level, etc. Consider what happens when you cut yourself. A complex set of feedback loops control how the blood coagulates. Errors in these processes could cause you to bleed to death or cause _all_ of your blood to solidify killing you. Errors in some of these feedback circuits can cause diseases like cancers. All of society is intertwined web of feed back loops. Personal interactions, social interactions, Economic interactions, etc. are all feedback processes. Consider what would happen if all Americans stopped buying all the 'garbage' they buy and instead saved every dollar that wasn't spent on necessities. The Economy would collapse. It's all interrelated. Everything you do has an effect on everyone else, including yourself. It's all about chaos theory and 'the butterfly effect'. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
