Human beings didn't evolve brains in order to lie around on lakes. Killing is the first thing we learned. And a good thing we did, or we'd be dead, and the tigers would rule the earth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Brains evolved for survival, not leisure; killing is an early learned trait.
- In plain terms
- Killing evolved for survival and kept us from extinction.
- What can you take from it?
- Survival instincts often override comfort.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is violence inherent?
- How evolved we evolve?
Another view
Modern society has made killing largely unnecessary.
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