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Agreed. I really wanted to agree with it because it has a nice sentiment, but when the author claims that war has historically been mankind's biggest killer, I completely gave up hope.


He might be alluding to Steven Pinker's argument, which is about the decline of violence of all kinds, not just organized warfare.


I think jwoah is referring to infant mortality, i.e. historically mankind's greatest killer.


Sorry, I should've been more clear on that. I was figured disease might be the biggest killer, certainly more than war anyway. Whatever it may be, I'm pretty sure it's not war.




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