The human civilization that has developed over the last handful of millennia is a pretty thin veneer over the basic drives that control the rats' behavior. Like most of us, I've grown up dependent on that thin veneer, and would sorely miss it :-) I'm not very optimistic that it will survive, but I rather hope it does.
On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 1:38 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, in a sense that’s correct. But their method of “birth control” > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238356686_A_Utopian_perspective_on_ecology_and_development> > is not one that I am prepared to take as a model. Just imagine the worst > sort of dystopian post apocalyptic novel. See the description of the > Calhoun experiment on p 224. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > thompnicks...@gmail.com > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Marcus Daniels > *Sent:* Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:15 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] ill-conceived question > > > > < You recall that I invoked as a model that experiment in which 24 rats > were put in a quarter acre enclosure in Baltimore and fed and watered and > protected to see how the population would develop. They never got above > two hundred. > > > > > Maybe the rats were right? > > > > Marcus > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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