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In git.general marvin <marvin@shaftnet.org> wrote:
> In git.announce Capablanca <Mikhail.Tal@young.grandmaster.com> wrote:
>> We are? I don't think so. If we really were better killers than tigers, we should be
>> able to take on a tiger in a closed room with no weapons. Note the *no weapons*
>> part. We have learned to survive. That doesn't mean that we were designed to kill. We
>> were designed to think. Deal with *that*.

> dominant preditaor != dominant bare hand fighter...to take away our
> intelegance/innovation in such a manner would be akin to declawing the
> tiger... 

But then again, look at the definition of predator.  That's not what we
are anymore.  Or rather, I should amend that.  By the technical
definition of predator, we fit the bill.  We plunder/pillage/kill/eat
other species and cultures.  But I don't think we fit the connotation of
the word.  
We don't hunt and kill (with some individual exeptions).  On an
individual basis, we are not predators, we are not built for killing.
As an entire species?  I have to admit that yes, we are.  We, as a
species, slaughter and eat huge amounts of prey.  Our culture is built
for killing.  Armies, guns, slaughterhouses ...

I'm rambling.
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