Episode 1 of 5 Check us out on iTunes! http://testtube.com/podcast Please Subscribe! http://testu.be/1FjtHn5 In the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268. That's just 8 percent of recorded history. Are humans prone to war? Will we ever manage to evolve past it? + + + + + + + + Previous Series: Why Music Is More Science Than Art: https://youtu.be/vid3EZybfyA?list=PLwwOk5fvpuuLQ16iYRtELElw-m1r7n1OY + + + + + + + + Sources: Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy: War: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/ "War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities. Thus, fisticuffs between individual persons do not count as a war, nor does a gang fight, nor does a feud on the order of the Hatfields versus the McCoys." 'What Every Person Should Know About War': http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/books/chapters/0713-1st-hedges.html?pagewanted=all "What is a war? War is defined as an active conflict that has claimed more than 1,000 lives. Has the world ever been at peace?" The Numbers Do Not Lie - World War 2 Was One Of The Largest Conflicts In Recorded History With No Corner Of The Planet Left Untouched: http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/world-war-2-statistics.asp "World War 2 left no part of the world untouched - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and all oceans between were involved to one extent or the other." The Fallen Of World War II: http://www.fallen.io/ww2/ "The Fallen of World War II is an interactive documentary that examines the human cost of the second World War and the decline in battle deaths in the years since the war. The 15-minute data visualization uses cinematic storytelling techniques to provide viewers with a fresh and dramatic perspective of a pivotal moment in history." Here's How Much Of Your Life The United States Has Been At War: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/05/18/heres-how-much-of-your-life-the-united-states-has-been-at-war/ "Somewhere in the ever-flowing river of flotsam that is Twitter, a simple data point offered by a college commencement speaker jumped out at me before being borne away on the tide of immediacy." Heidelberg Institute For International Conflict Research: Conflict Barometer: http://hiik.de/en/konfliktbarometer/pdf/ConflictBarometer_2014.pdf "In 2014, the global number of political conflicts increased by six, totaling 424 worldwide. Among these, 223 conflicts saw the use of violence, marking a decrease of six compared to the previous year." What Constitutes A War Has Become Difficult To Define: http://www.thenational.ae/world/what-constitutes-a-war-has-become-difficult-to-define "On September 22, 1980, following a formal declaration of war, Iraqi forces poured over the border of Iran at to start a conflict that in next eight years would claim at least half a million lives." Globally, Deaths From War And Murder Are In Decline: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/globally-deaths-war-and-murder-are-decline-180950237/?no-ist "The world is getting safer, at least so far as people killing other people is concerned. Globally, says a new report from the Human Security Report Project, deaths from war-either between state powers or by a government against its people-have been generally in decline since the end of World War II." Human Security Report 2013: http://www.hsrgroup.org/docs/Publications/HSR2013/HSRP_Report_2013_140226_Web.pdf "During the past decade, an increasing number of studies have made the case that levels of violence around the world have declined. Few have made much impact outside the research community-Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined is a major exception." + + + + + + + + TestTube Plus is built for enthusiastic science fans seeking out comprehensive conversations on the geeky topics they love. Host Trace Dominguez digs beyond the usual scope to deliver details, developments and opinions on advanced topics like AI, string theory and Mars exploration. TestTube Plus is also offered as an audio podcast on iTunes. + + + + + + + + Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube + + + + + + + +

• published: 09 Jan 2016
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