tit-for-tat oscillations / cycles of vengeance happen with humans because we’re naturally averse to killing each other, even those we don’t like. So we tend to leave survivors.
There are two ways to solve the issue: Forgiveness to reset the scales, or wholesale extermination of the other group and all their allies. The baby-eaters settled on the latter.
tit-for-tat oscillations / cycles of vengeance happen with humans because we’re naturally averse to killing each other, even those we don’t like. So we tend to leave survivors.
There are two ways to solve the issue: Forgiveness to reset the scales, or wholesale extermination of the other group and all their allies. The baby-eaters settled on the latter.