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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by emodendroket on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:02AM (#29888459)
> Human beings are also designed for aggression towards each other, yet we generally try to control those parts of our 'savage nature' in modern society.

Yes, we've developed quite sophisticated organizations to coordinate the violence, and then developed quite sophisticated weapons to carry it out.

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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by spoonjim on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:43AM (#29889436)
With the end result of vastly fewer deaths from violence per capita compared to primitive societies.
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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by notch656a on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:13AM (#29893322)
This sounds true at face but do we have any evidence that violence per capita is lower here now than it is in a tighter but less organized clan society of yesteryear where any violence you would perpetrate would either be against your own extended family or outside aggressors (and modern society or at least US is already very brutal to outside nations).
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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by emodendroket on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @12:21PM (#29894444)
On the other hand, also a level of terror unimaginable in the past if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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