Saturday, July 21, 2007

Politically incorrect but true facts of human nature

Well... These "truths" are based on an evolutionary biology interpretation of behaviors. It claims that suicide bombers in a Muslim society are more likely because of the greater violence from polygyny (seen in other cultures), and because of the promise of 72 virgins (mates) in the hereafter (What? Too broad a stroke. In a young male, testosterone can fuel hatred and self-aggrandizement to absurd levels, too. All battle sacrifices can be seen as helping a broader, threatened genetic strain with which the individual identifies.)
However, the point about a male's midlife crisis having to do with the wife's age rather than the man's -- they make it sound sensible.

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