Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 24, 2014
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Danae: Ok...WE have science and technology! Lucy:...That you use to make bigger bombs. We mind our own business...live and let live. Danae: HA! GOTCHA! Lucy: Um...what? Danae: That just makes you better, not smarter! Lucy: Hmm...ok, you win that round. Danae: YES!...wait...
Actually, horses don’t just ‘mind their own business’ in a herd. There’s a lot of communication that puts each horse in its place, so to speak; nipping, nudging and finally brief fighting if one stallion is challenging the lead stallion to try to take over. The dominant male may even drive off one of the younger stallions who is challenging him. -But I guess this particular arc is just about how humans misuse their brains to twist technology into weaponry, and not about the fact that all nature has hierarchies…