Scientific study of four pairs of Indian cities, each pair balanced ethnically and population-wise, showed:
Integration in all sectors of society is an effective way to reduce ethnic conflict. A great deal of the current unrest on earth is driven by ethnic and/or religious differences.
Consilient research reveals that instincts are genetic expressions toward violence--aggression, dominance and obedience. In counterpoint, altruistic, parenting and herding (cooperative) instincts were fit for survival. In this way a dichotomy in nature was born.
How Did Nurture Select Peace Instead of Violence?
Integration is a logical peaceful means to evolving logical minds, products of the genes for intelligence in its various forms. Gene-driven instincts for parenting, compassion, and herding with their own kind were always there and opened the door for intelligence to limit our inborn tendencies toward violence. Obedience and herding instincts play survival roles on both sides of the genetic divide between violence and peace.
Integration is a logical peaceful means to evolving logical minds, products of the genes for intelligence in its various forms. Gene-driven instincts for parenting, compassion, and herding with their own kind were always there and opened the door for intelligence to limit our inborn tendencies toward violence. Obedience and herding instincts play survival roles on both sides of the genetic divide between violence and peace.
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Posted by RoadToPeace on Saturday, September 15, 2007.
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