Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (This did not happen to/Pablo Picasso) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Avoiding Anthropomorphism Message-ID: <3580@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 16:34:43 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3580 Posted: Mon Aug 12 16:34:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 08:43:10 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20 Avoiding Anthropomorphism_______________________________________________________ > Seems to me that in a great number of species, sex is associated with force > and violence (including killing of mates). There are really very few human > behaviors (language may be one) that are unique to Homo sapiens. I don't want to carry this digression too much further, but I'd like to make one point: If humans aren't doing it, it's not human behavior. It's an all-too-common mistake to attribute human emotions and motivations to animal behavior. Let's avoid making that mistake. <_Jym_> :::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer ::::' :: `:::: Dracut, Massachusetts ::' :: `:: :: :: :: DYER%VAXUUM.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA :: .::::. :: {allegra|decvax|ihnp4|ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-vaxuum!dyer ::..:' :: `:..:: ::::. :: .:::: Statements made in this article are my own; they might not :::::::::::::::: reflect the views of |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation.