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thin_carapacetoday at 7:55 AM1 replyview on HN

is play not an indirect method of practicing the physiological mechanisms designed for violence ? baby lions are both happy to play with other animals, and to eat them ... which inevitably progresses to predation only ... and humans are the apex predator ...


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red_admiraltoday at 8:00 AM

Depends. Dolls' tea parties aren't violent.