Duane Bozarth wrote:
Larry Blanchard wrote:
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...So warfare is now, in all senses, bad for the species.


Not absolutely necessarily...there are still areas where overpopulation
could be alleviated by such means, resulting in better standard of
living for the surviving.

True, but there would be no mechanism to ensure that the survivors were
among the smarter or stronger. Ensure may be too strong, facilitate
might be a better.