{"id":866,"date":"2008-08-10T14:24:17","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=866"},"modified":"2008-08-10T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T19:24:17","slug":"youd-almost-think-women-were-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/08\/10\/youd-almost-think-women-were-important\/","title":{"rendered":"You’d almost think women were important"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn catching up on a bunch of old podcasts (I’m as behind there as I am on posting here), I ran across a very interesting Science Talk podcast from July 30<\/a> featuring “an interview with IEEE Spectrum editor in chief, Glenn Zorpette, talks about high-tech attempts to battle improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq as well as the state of reconstruction of Iraq’s electricity grid”. There’s lots of cool geeky stuff about blowing things up, and the high-tech ways people are developing to stop them. Perhaps the most interesting (and significant) bit, though, is at the end, where “journalist John Horgan talks about the possibility of eliminating war”. His position is that war isn’t<\/em> an inevitable consequence of human nature, and that we might be able to construct a world where we’re much less likely to want to blow each other up. Two key points he mentioned were:<\/p>\n