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6 timestamped hits 2 source readings 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2026-04-16, day precision Aliases: theories, theory, war-theories

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War theory

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...not only speaking from this deep tradition of, of the just war theory that the Catholic church has developed, where war is seen as..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...not only speaking from this deep tradition of, of the just war theory that the Catholic church has developed, where war is seen as..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon (2026-04-16, day precision).

Most connected source readings: The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon; Farming Won Because It Carried Religion.

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Key Notes

Archaeological interpretation in the 2024-08-29 lecture

evidence

Jiang says the Tower of Jericho was first interpreted as war evidence but later research recast it as a religious monument with cosmological shadow effects.

Timestamped Evidence

Farming Won Because It Carried Religion

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

Transcript

"...fortifications build walls and fight each other Okay, that's the second theory. And again the evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is..."

Farming Won Because It Carried Religion

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

Transcript

"think coercion is an explanation, because there's so many ways for us to fight back and to rebel against bigger people, okay? So coercion..."

Farming Won Because It Carried Religion

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

Transcript

"So, basically, the way they developed this technology is for gardening, right? They were hunting and gathering most of the time. But some of..."

The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon

2026-04-16, day precision · “It's An Act Of WAR!” Professor Jiang vs Gordon Chang On China, Iran & Trump | Plus Robert Pape

Transcript

"...not only speaking from this deep tradition of, of the just war theory that the Catholic church has developed, where war is seen as..."

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The Strait Is the Nuclear Weapon

2026-04-16, day precision · alias-match

Reading

The interview begins as a fight over whether the Iran war has helped anyone, then turns into a harder question: what happens when a regional war reveals that waterways, energy corridors, diaspora hopes, and...

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