Hey Trev, certainly an important topic! However, I downvoted because the post doesn’t meet the standards I’d like to see from a post.
Your core argument and claims are packed into fluff which distracted me and made it harder for me to follow.
You make a lot of (imho) insubstantial claims without backing them up or citing and engaging with any previously published research on that (not very small) field: “wars are sparked when people follow egoistic/convenient motives”, the whole EvoPsych claims, etc.
The conclusions seem vague/not actionable/wrong: “Promote atheism”, “realise that status exists”, “shame soldiers”.
I’d recommend reading more EA forum posts and familiarising yourself with the style of posts that people would like to read before (re)posting tangentially related essays.
Thanks for you comments. I take your point that I do not make citations references etc. I’m not an academic, so I don’t have to follows rules and can write with complete freedom. It’s great therapy for me at least!
I guess EA is not the social group for me, so I wish you all well and I will continue with my solo actions of writing to Ambassadors, newspapers, Politicians, Religious leaders, MP’s and any one else who might listen and has power to make the world a better place. I put my faith in the chaos theory, that a small insignificant butterfly has a small non zero probability of creating a storm one day.
Keep up the good work, but apologies for wasting your valuable time.
Hey Trev, certainly an important topic! However, I downvoted because the post doesn’t meet the standards I’d like to see from a post.
Your core argument and claims are packed into fluff which distracted me and made it harder for me to follow.
You make a lot of (imho) insubstantial claims without backing them up or citing and engaging with any previously published research on that (not very small) field: “wars are sparked when people follow egoistic/convenient motives”, the whole EvoPsych claims, etc.
The conclusions seem vague/not actionable/wrong: “Promote atheism”, “realise that status exists”, “shame soldiers”.
I’d recommend reading more EA forum posts and familiarising yourself with the style of posts that people would like to read before (re)posting tangentially related essays.
Hi JasperGeh
Thanks for you comments. I take your point that I do not make citations references etc. I’m not an academic, so I don’t have to follows rules and can write with complete freedom. It’s great therapy for me at least!
I guess EA is not the social group for me, so I wish you all well and I will continue with my solo actions of writing to Ambassadors, newspapers, Politicians, Religious leaders, MP’s and any one else who might listen and has power to make the world a better place. I put my faith in the chaos theory, that a small insignificant butterfly has a small non zero probability of creating a storm one day.
Keep up the good work, but apologies for wasting your valuable time.
Best Regards
Trevor Prew