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Originally Posted by willravel
Yes, but there are real explanations for said patterns. Many crimes can be explained reasonably and precisely. "Human nature" is neither reasonable nor precise. It does the situation a disservice by not making a real attempt to figure out what went wrong. "Human nature" is a cop out.
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I agree. As I said earlier
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All of these terms are at too general a level to offer any predictive or explanatory power.
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Saying that something is due to "our primate minds", "our genes", or "the way we were raised" doesn't provide much of an explanation of anything. What particular aspects of "our primate minds" or "the way we were raised" have influenced the behavior under question?
I think that utility of statistics in understanding the underlying causes of violence (as described by
MSD) is a separate issue.