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5 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2026-01-07, day precision Aliases: chimpanzee

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Chimpanzees

A source-grounded reading of the Great Books as initiation: school materialism is named as the great lie, consciousness becomes the real substance of the universe, attention is true wealth, and reading becomes a way...

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A source-grounded reading of the Great Books as initiation: school materialism is named as the great lie, consciousness becomes the real substance of the universe, attention is true wealth, and reading becomes a way...

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Theory introduced and then critiqued in the 2024-08-29 lecture

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Jiang presents war as the theory that farming and settlement made defense easier, with chimpanzee violence as supporting primate evidence.

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Farming Won Because It Carried Religion

2024-08-29, day precision · Civilization #1: Explaining Humanity's Transition to Agriculture

Transcript

"...very closely Okay, the first is gorillas. We also look at chimpanzees and we look at banal bulls. Okay Chimpanzees and bonobos are very..."

Farming Won Because It Carried Religion

2024-08-29, day precision · Civilization #1: Explaining Humanity's Transition to Agriculture

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"...war is a good explanation either. So it is true that chimpanzees are naturally violent, okay? They're always beating the crap out of each..."

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