Human Evolution...

Now that we have a thought based upon research (see a previous post) about human cranial size relating to the climate. And cranial size has been associated in various studies with greater intelligence. Brain size follows along. Moving into the nether regions of the world in a colder climate will lead to a need to depend on others in harsher landscapes. Can we assume that human evolution is greatly influenced by the symbiotic relationship of a pair of people raising a child? A recent discussion with a friend now makes me believe that the emotion we term love is a by product of the need to raise and develop a human child. Social ties expand and deepen as two care for each other and the child. The child takes longer and longer to grow and learn. The care between two people gets greater. A pretty long circle. It seems chilren are staying with their parents even longer now a days. Human life is getting longer. Generations are wider. Mothers having children later. Staying in the work force longer. Children going through education for longer periods of time. Children living at home longer. Children (young adults) moving out into a world of debt.

There is a subtle shift. I guess it is continual and the observation of it is of no real significance. I leads to me wonder though...will the societies with a greater social bond and a higher degree of altruism grow larger? The Greek city states did well because of their ability to bond together when a powerful neighbor attached. Economic Socialism has yet to truly take form in the world (as neither has Capitalism). Will China rule the world because it has the largest families? Darwinism upon Socialism upon layers upon layers.

Reality

I try to think along ideological lines. I think there is value to it. The excuses I give myself include:

1. There are a large number of people who don't think ideologically. There patterns aren't based upon any particular of thought (be they famous or not). They simply live day to day. Breath to breath.

2. The average of the all comes from many different parts moving in a general direction. When viewed from he ground we see amazing varience, from above, the herd I would guess. I am but one of many lines of thought. It is part of my duty to think how it is that I think...

3. There is purity in the universe. By purity, maybe I mean perfection. By perfection, maybe there is an idea that is constant. A constant could be thought of as a rule. A rule could be determined to be right or wrong. Ring and wrong could be defined as truth. Maybe I am hunting for my own sort of God. My own something to believe in. Maybe in all of that I am looking for a purpose. A purpose being defined as a place.

I am sure over time I will gain other rationlizations that convince me logically.

Of course, I begin to attack my own thoughts...

1. Who am I to define a pure logical thought? Maybe every single person in the world lives an ideological path that is truly independent of all others. And maybe everyone of us runs along a line that ties directly to something...sorta like "Who the fuck am I?" Maybe we never deviate from our own ideological paths. All decisions come from something.

::immediate thought in relation to that...we don't always act how we want to, we are always in a compromise, or being forced into action::



I try to act upon an ideological belief because I believe by injecting my little piece into the system I can push it toward a better result. There are plenty of realists and darwinists in the world. I guess there are plenty of idealists as well...

The Intricate Web of Reason: Just one TINY piece

Ode To All That is Good

I read an article somewhere today that was speaking about Iran’s new position of power in the Middle East now that Saddam and the Taliban are no longer players in the arena (at least for the short term with the Taliban holed up in Pakistan). Another opinion I read is that Iran is much less amicable to speaking at round table discussions now that General Bush’s teeth hang been sheathed by the Congress and the seasonal winds of the politician and their job. I see the helicopters are being sot down at a greater rate. I see our numbers re not great enough, nor well versed enough in local civilities and customs to truly apprehend those who are running the show (back when the children of Saddam were being round up I remember one of the brothers making reference to times when he drove by troops in cars looking right at them point blank). I see Saudi Arabia building a fence as well as Israel. I see Palestine stabbing itself over and over. Syria ever intertwined in Lebanon. Beirut is torn again. She will rise again. Her beauty is far deeper than skin. Jordan has been touched by the terror as well. Each of these countries now discuss a nuclear alliance in order to counter the nuclear threat of Iran. An arms race has already begun now that the plans have begun to be drawn (in this world the plans were probably drawn 5 years ago). I bet the United States sells the tech to the Saudis. Fuck ‘em. And the Chinese. Business is good. Why hasn’t the growing threat pushed Egypt to do something more? The squawking country is doing its best to fan the Israelis. So when is the Middle East going to raise a tactile force of all local soldiers from some magical place and lend a supporting hand. Yes, they will be in harms way. That is war. And yes their particular motives may all be different, and some potentially evil, but we cannot let a country like this with such a history in such a place, be destroyed as it is and will be. A surge will simply make them hide better. Hidden away in a culture that we can’t seem to get. Now…the countries in arms possibly might not due to the price of oil being so much a boon to some economies, and unsteadyness breeds good pricing. But the demand from China is now growing madly, with the rest of the world just getting going a little better every year, business should fade away in the name of a true threat. A wild, deadly armed, ultra powerful and widely spread enemy that you have no defense from.

I have slowly become more and more in line with the nuances of the grand negotiating table and how the world really is…versus how it might be. Countries really do attempt to take over others and influence their politics. Vacuums of power cannot exist as there is too much at stake (trillions of dollars, defense to your position and family). One group will always rush in to quell the situation as man without government has not proven himself free. We still need our shackles otherwise we tear down on each other.

Just a rant of sorts I guess…