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Subject: Re: Avoiding Anthropomorphism
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 14:48:00 EDT
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/**** faust:net.women / decwrl!dyer /  4:34 pm  Aug 12, 1985 ****/
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_>

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