pinned to a fixed rate

German translation: gliechbleibende Gewalthäufigkeit nachgewiesen

10:46 Oct 7, 2011
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Social Sciences - Anthropology
English term or phrase: pinned to a fixed rate
This is from an essay by Steven Pinker:

At the same time, not a single category of violence has been pinned to a fixed rate over the course of history. Whatever causes violence, it is not a perennial urge like hunger, sex, or sleep.

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The historical decline of violence is a challenging scientific puzzle for anyone interested in human nature. Violence is surely not just a cultural fad that is falling out of fashion, like bustles and spats. Violence is found throughout the history and prehistory of our species, and shows no signs of having been invented in one place and spread to the others. The human brain has conserved mammalian circuits for rage and dominance, and boys universally play-fight. A majority of adults have homicidal fantasies and enjoy violent entertainment, and variation in violent tendencies across individuals is substantially heritable. At the same time, not a single category of violence has been pinned to a fixed rate over the course of history. Whatever causes violence, it is not a perennial urge like hunger, sex, or sleep.
Sophie Hadeln
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German translation:gliechbleibende Gewalthäufigkeit nachgewiesen
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gliechbleibende Gewalthäufigkeit nachgewiesen


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... könnte eine gliechbleibende Gewalthäufigkeit nachgewiesen werden ...
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