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9
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Email correspondence / discussion thread
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from an email thread between 'pjr' (likely evolutionary biologist Peter J. Richerson) and an unidentified respondent (likely Jeffrey Epstein, given the document source). They discuss the evolutionary basis of psychopathy in dominance hierarchies, citing a 2016 BBS paper. The conversation shifts to a geopolitical analysis of Middle Eastern dictators (Saddam Hussein, Assad) and a critique of US foreign interventionism in the region.
People (9)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| pjr | Correspondent (Author of highlighted text) |
Likely Peter J. Richerson (Evolutionary Biologist) based on the reference to a '2016 BBS paper' and initials. Discuss...
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| Unidentified Speaker | Correspondent (Author of non-highlighted text) |
Likely Jeffrey Epstein (based on the document source 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' and the tone/topics typical of his corresponde...
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| Saddam Hussein | Historical Figure |
Referenced as the 'Butcher of Bagdad' and an example of reproductive success and bias.
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| Basir Assad | Historical Figure |
Referenced as 'sadistic'; likely refers to Bashar al-Assad.
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| Uday Hussein | Historical Figure |
Saddam's son, noted for specializing in rape.
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| George H.W. Bush | Former US President |
Referenced as 'idiotic first Bush' regarding the Gulf War strategy.
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| George W. Bush | Former US President |
Referenced as 'GW Bush' regarding foreign policy mistakes.
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| Barack Obama | Former US President |
Referenced regarding Gaddafi and drone assassinations.
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| Muammar Gaddafi | Historical Figure |
Referenced in the context of Obama's policies.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| BBS |
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (academic journal), referenced regarding a 2016 paper.
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| US Government |
Implied through references to Bush, Obama, and foreign policy.
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (11)
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Baghdad, Iraq; mentioned in context of Saddam Hussein and US military action.
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Tigris River; mentioned as Saddam's place of origin.
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Mentioned in context of the Gulf War.
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Mentioned regarding the Iran-Iraq war.
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Mentioned as a location of failed US policy.
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Mentioned as a location of failed US policy.
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Mentioned as a location of failed US policy.
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Mentioned regarding Assad and internal feuding.
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General region discussed.
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Mentioned in context of US policing attempts.
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Mentioned regarding the stalemate.
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Relationships (1)
Exchange of ideas regarding evolutionary biology and politics; pjr references his own academic paper.
Key Quotes (4)
"Human evolution involves getting something like psychopathy from near fixation down to a low roar."Source
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"One general definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result."Source
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"“NEAR FIXATION”—SEZ WHO? OH YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS—NOW THAT’S A SURPRISE."Source
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"The American attempts to do good, if that is even the correct characterization, in the Middle East has been a fiasco."Source
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2— His suggestion that chimpanzee dominance hierarchies consist of a version of psychopathy is utterly novel to me and most interesting. I had always thought of dominance hierarchies as being associated with tyranny and despotism—but are these not often associated with psychopathy?!
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“NEAR FIXATION”—SEZ WHO? OH YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS—NOW THAT’S A SURPRISE.
Consider the “Butcher of Bagdad” Saddam Hussein or the sadistic Basir Assad. The only thing they didn’t do is specialize in rape, although Saddam’s son Uday did and we can be sure each had greater than average reproductive success but note how sensitive each is to degree of relatedness writ large. Saddam was most biased toward people that came from his place of birth, along the Tigrit River, then people in the surrounding province and then Sunnis over Shia.
Since he was willing to kill others on a large scale—200,000 Shia slaughtered when the idiotic first Bush allowed Saddam to retain his Airforce after we had marched to Bagdad after flinging Saddam’s troops out of Kuwait. Or for that matter, Saddam’s attack on Shia Iran which claimed more than a million lives on both sides.
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