Why Are Humans Violent? w/ Eric Jacobus

David Gornoski sits down with stuntman and author Eric Jacobus to talk about the uniqueness of human violence, the religiosity of combat sports, whether media programs us to be violent, seeing the wounded child in evil individuals, and more.

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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:44 Motion control in gaming
5:41 ROBA, Eric's theory on violence
16:14 Gombe chimpanzee war
19:47 Recursion, origin of violence
21:50 Ritualized human violence
26:50 Mating, kinship, and exchange
33:50 Are we programmed by cartoon violence?
40:50 The black box
48:36 Love and peace
51:52 Relationships and the State
54:43 Closing thoughts