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Originally Posted by casstony
I think you're getting cause and effect mixed up Eugenio.
Wars are initiated to serve the selfish interests of individuals or nations, to gain more power and more stuff. The pace of technological development quickens during war motivated by the struggle for survival. We don't fight wars in order to get better machines, but better machines can be a by-product of war.
Humans are only slightly more evolved than other animals on the planet - we've got to move a lot further away from our primal instincts before an end to wars is in sight. The competitive nature that served us well living in small tribal/family groups is not well suited to modern society.
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Correct me If I'm wrong, I think the original computer was stonehenge? Now You could argue this and say the organic brain was. I Don't think however that stonehenge was a by product of war, only a device developed for the quest for knowledge and the understanding of the stars, planets and possibly the universe (that we know of).
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