Anthropology

How can we continue living in a world that is constantley at war, fighting to survive and trying to rid terrorism? What must happen in order for this all to change? What is the solution to all our problems?

2006-07-22 06:07:10 · 17 answers · asked by Mandy 2

2006-07-22 03:14:40 · 13 answers · asked by Podge 1

I would like to make a special request that you answer this question after having spent at most 10 minutes reading something called The Premise. It is quite captivating and insightful about humans' approach to understanding the world (hence i have put this under anthropology). It provides, to me, a fascinating introduction to the stress that comes with having the ability to be self-conscious, and the ways in which we try to deal with this stress.

The Premise is from a book called 'the god part of the brain'. The Premise is located at:

http://www.godpart.com/html/the_premise.html

The Premise is not reproduced here because it is too long to include, and only requires a click to get to through the above link.

I respectfully request that answerers participate in this question after familiarising themselves with the entire premise.

Thanks! :-)

2006-07-22 02:37:47 · 5 answers · asked by Smegma Stigma 4

anthropomorphism is: the tendency to attribute human motivations, characteristics, or other attributes to non-human things (like weather, nature, etc.).

this idea comes from:

http://www.godlessgeeks.com/WhyAtheism.htm

where it says: ...we often anthropomorphize animals and even objects — giving them “human” qualities. The god concept can be seen as simply the result of people anthropomorphizing the universe. - Mark Thomas, Why Atheism?

2006-07-22 02:27:54 · 6 answers · asked by Smegma Stigma 4

I need sources like that for my Waldorf teacher training paper. Thank you very much.

2006-07-21 18:59:15 · 2 answers · asked by Bikey 1

Has animosity toward another race has been hardwired into our primitive systems? Or are we free agents who can evaluate and appreciate each other without reference to color or race?

2006-07-21 17:23:49 · 62 answers · asked by ramasinc 2

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2006-07-21 16:05:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

her name is kareese and shes really pretty me and her flurt all the time in the hallway i know over the summer some people tend to date but if she dosnt like me then thats ok because maybe shel like me someday

2006-07-21 16:00:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now that medical science has advanced to a level where many of the most deadly diseases are at the very least treatable, do you think that the 'survival of the fitest' no longer applies to the human race?

Other examples of where medicine has ousted evolution are:
Very pre-term babies now survive in greater numbers
Some extremely virulent diseases have been virtually wiped out (smallpox, etc..)
Greater longevity.

Also, a greater generational gap with people leaving having babies until much later in life could lead to at least a slowing down of the evolutionary process.

In short, is the human race doomed to stay as it is now that we can keep the weak alive? I'm not advocating abandoning all ill people, I just thought it was a interesting idea.

2006-07-21 15:23:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-07-21 14:32:59 · 5 answers · asked by bookworm23 1

2006-07-21 13:25:17 · 8 answers · asked by kyle h 1

2006-07-21 11:05:55 · 38 answers · asked by mattheweamer 1

Lizard or Man?

2006-07-21 10:13:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-21 09:40:54 · 5 answers · asked by lonly_planet1976 3

2006-07-21 06:13:42 · 10 answers · asked by mickeok 1

2006-07-21 06:05:09 · 24 answers · asked by mickeok 1

Hard question huh?

2006-07-21 05:48:53 · 6 answers · asked by datfatduk 1

I know that they are anthropologists, but what did they do that makes them famous?

2006-07-21 05:05:58 · 5 answers · asked by datfatduk 1

2006-07-21 03:21:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-21 00:43:18 · 20 answers · asked by AzaC 3

2006-07-20 23:21:49 · 18 answers · asked by danny2173 1

2006-07-20 23:11:39 · 10 answers · asked by mickeok 1

I can't tell
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2006-07-20 18:08:55 · 34 answers · asked by white_raven_wing 1

I regret sooooooo many things in my life that I blame on youth, immaturity and not having a role model in my life.

2006-07-20 17:19:01 · 14 answers · asked by littleflower 3

Why are there pyramids all over the world? Why are they pyramidal, and what is the significance of this.

Why did they build them?

2006-07-20 16:45:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

In monitoring the humans, what is it that sucks the most about humans? thier pathetic belief in a god figure or is it deeper than that? Could ALL the humans comprehend the concept of no god if formal contact was initiated and then explain it in a manner that humans could understand? I know the non-interference of primitive species is a prime directive, but many of us have already evolved beyond the need for a god, must we really have to wait for the believers to catch up before formal contact?

2006-07-20 12:06:48 · 13 answers · asked by alaskanmetal 2

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_chart

If you were to take 1000 White Americans and determine (assuming you had the necessary genealogical data) the exact degree of cousinship between each of them and all 999 of the others, you'd have a list of cousinship with N=499500 data.

You could find the average degree of cousinship by dividing adding up the degrees and dividing by N. You could find the average generational removal in a similar way.

You could repeat the process for 1000 Black US residents.

You could repeat the process for a racially mixed group of 500 Whites & 500 Blacks. (Again, assume that God will make the Heavenly Genealogical Records available to the statistician, so he can acquire the necessary data.)

I predict that prima facie evidence of race would become apparent based on the difference between the same-race and mixed-race averages of cousinship degree and of generational removal.

Any educated guesses? Any related scientific studies?

2006-07-20 10:29:59 · 3 answers · asked by David S 5

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2006-07-20 09:33:06 · 17 answers · asked by fem 1