To acknowledge our base instincts and to actively encourage them are two different things.

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald

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No one claims that war is the most effective method of solving problems, but it is something we are good at.

As a species, we’re good at all manner of atrocities. What’s your point?