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...Based on research in ‘Demonic Males,’ I will discuss why men like to fight, what makes human violence special compared to other primates, and why we are wired to relish tales of aggression,” said Wrangham. “‘Fight Club’ is a classic movie, and my talk may give [audiences] new perspectives...
...first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club. But that’s not stopping Professor Richard Wrangham. The biological anthropology professor and co-author of “Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence,” will be appearing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on February 8th to discuss the 1999 David Fincher film as part of the theater’s ongoing series, “Science on Screen...
...gang attacks.” Violence, and the motivation underlying it, has been a large part of Professor Wrangham’s research over the past twenty years at Harvard University. “Wrangham has spent years studying chimpanzee cultures in the wild and comparing those cultures to human ones,” explains Taylor-Mead...
...Google reported evidence of efforts to hack into the accounts of many users associated with human rights groups. Citing the fact that the attacks were traced to Chinese sources, Google announced that it would no longer honor its agreement with the Chinese government to filter sites from its search engine and was even prepared to leave its offices in China...
Google’s stand marks an interesting development in U.S.-China relations. It is rather difficult for the U.S. government to criticize the actions of another government, especially one with which it seeks to build important economic relationships. Moreover, reprimanding the Chinese government for violating human rights comes off as high-handed and hypocritical given the deplorable treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib. By acting independently and without any association with the U.S. government, Google was able to make a very effective statement without any sort of political baggage...