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Originally Posted by EventHorizon
our means of reproduction doesn't hinge on raping people anymore so i say that all of your "raping people" WoW gear is just the stuff of an age gone by the wayside
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In my defense, WoW is still one of the biggest MMORPGs out there. So
that's relevant.
Our means of reproduction never hinged on rape. It just was the most successful way of truly conquering your enemies and claiming a territory with lasting success. Europe alone would be radically different if this were not so.
So, at one time, successfully being able to rape and have reproductive offspring was of top priority and, therefore, top value. (In fact, in some countries, it still is.)
And if you're saying that ability to rape successfully is no longer of any value, you're also saying that values change as society changes.
Which means that if any such study as you suggest was performed, it would only be able to apply to one time period.
And since there are currently a total of three (theorized) universal laws (and even that is under much debate) because societies have such varying values and ideas of talents at any given time, that further causes the proposed study to only be able to assign quantified values to talents in one small section of society during one brief time period.
Even with that, you have to get your researchers to agree on how to assign values to "talents" and behaviors. (Not to mention, behaviors is an entirely other mess.)
It's an impossible feat.
Sometimes, just sometimes, having a degree in Sociology is vaguely useful. The rest of the time, not so much.