Re: Monsoon/mosaic

On 23 Jul 2005 22:56:26 -0700, "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Whitedog wrote:
>> On 22 Jul 2005 22:59:12 -0700, "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:

>> Alright, almost any behavioural characteristic you project from chimps
>> to ancestral chimps/man. You claim that modern war and sports
>> behaviour, for example, provides proof of coordinated attack behaviour
>> in hominids. Supposition.
>
>Proof, no (I haven't employed the word "proof"). Evidence, yes.
>Objective, yes (obviously so, IMO). Surely you aren't suggesting that
>modern war and sports behavior is not evident. Surely you're not
>suggesting that it is not objective. Are you saying that whether or
>not such behavior actually exists is disputable? I don't think you are
>saying that.

Of course I'm not suggesting that such behavioural expressions exist.
I am disputing your interpretation of a behaviour as evidence, that's
all. Of course, since you must have *your* interpretation to support a
part of your theory then if I dispute it you will logically attempt to
defend it.
It's still supposition (and pretty wild at that) to underpin your
theorising with such speculative stuff, it's what some anthropologists
try to do and you attack them for it! You might at least practice what
you preach.
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