Sender Spike
2 min readApr 19, 2023

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"Did I say that all creative acts are destructively so?"

Yes, you did, You said, "creation comes after the destruction." But first, video didn't kill the radio star. That's just a partly nostalgic partly angry saying, and I don't think you are so dumb as to not understand it. Of course, even if it was true (which it isn't - radio stars simply moved to video), that's destruction following creation, not vice versa. As for what was before big bang -- well, know yourself and you will know ;)

"You don't think dominance hierarchies are common in groups of social animals?"

You can call them hierarchies, I call them structures. That is, they sure as hell have not the shape you try to portray and present as "facts." By your logic, the most successful predator is grass because it feeds on carcasses of all "top" predators long after they have gone. But I give you that yours is the popular western (by which I mean predominantly UK and North America) mainstream misguided (mis-)understanding. So, you are just in line with that narrative, which is rather understandable.

"If "alphaness" is a set of attributes, it doesn't follow that those individuals are always top dogs."

This really highlights your error and ignorance. And the continuing false equivalence. Again. Alpha males are always in the position of what you call "top dogs." E.g. even an "overthrown" chimp "king" is still followed by the pack ("overthrowers" included), and you cannot usurp the alpha status from an orangutan. It follows that those striving for the position you call "top" cannot be alphas. Alas, you demonstrated times and again that biology is not your forte, so that's that.

"Where do I say that "alpha males strive for the top of hierarchy"?"

I don't remember if you said it explicitly (and won't take the effort to find out), but the implications of what you said clearly pointed in that direction ("alpha males clash in dominance wars", etc.). Sure, alphas occasionally do clash, but certainly not in the way you describe. And again, that Satan metaphor you used was totally out of context. Alas, as you already proved to me, you will deny even the nose between your very eyes in order to not admit an error, so I don't expect ... basically anything from you in this regard.

All in all, I really don't know if you are attempting to troll, if you are the epitome of Dunning-Kruger, or if you are just lonely and in need of arguing. In any case, this is as far as my entertaining you will go.

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