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In git.announce Capablanca <Mikhail.Tal@young.grandmaster.com> alleged:

-> 1. I have no idea what the second paragraph had to do with
-> anything. However, I'll mention that computers were designed for the
-> purposes of war, and are now used in other contexts. Guns were designed
-> for the purposes of war, and they are still used in that context
-> ONLY. Well, I am being innaccurate: they are also used for hunting. But
-> since there is no real danger when you're hunting of accidentally killing
-> anyone, the gun safety lessons wouldn't be necessary, would they?

The last statement you made is among the very stupidest I have ever seen
in writing.  Of course there is a danger when hunting of accidentally
killing someone.  In fact, it happens far too frequently.

-> 2. The first paragraph, on the other hand, is more intersting. You are
-> right, strength of body is not the only thing to be taken into
-> account. However, if you think about it, we really have *no* natural
-> weapons (offensive, or defensive --a skunk comes to mind--). The only
-> thing we have is our brain and our hands, which allow us to *create what
-> we need*. We were designed to create. That we applied that power towards
-> killing each other is another story. So, yes, we are better killers. But
-> not because we were designed as such, but because we became such.

The design of our brain makes us better killers.  Therefore, we are designed
to be better killers.  Have you ever watched other animals (from microbes
on up)?  They often eat each other.  In order to truly thrive, you need
to become so powerful that you don't fear the other predators unduly.  There
are a number of ways to do this, but man's method was to become the dominant
predator on the planet.  We became such because we were designed to.

-- 
John Cronin