Violence As Shivering
a: Violence ~
b: Shivering
What: Good association. Violence is like shivering, a biological response to a change in environment. The comment in the discussion , was that most people have analogized violence as thirst, a basic human function. Pinker is trying to re-frame the discussion around human nature.
Useful?
Writer: Steven Pinker
LCC: QH
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 9 2012 1:00 PM
# 2390 Critique Analogy