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In reply to the discussion: New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)90. You should believe so
It's not a belief, it's fact.
Pecking order = behavior in chickens
Dominance = pecking order, by another name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_%28ethology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order
As I said before, pecking order may or may not exist is smaller groups, but it always exists in larger groups.
A like minded group might find some "balance" without a pecking order, but there will always be someone most people respect more then others, listen to more then others, even when that person is wrong.
It may be an invisible pecking order, but it is still there.
PS. I said few exceptions. An exception to the rule does not invalidate the rule. You would have to find 51% to invalidate the rule, which you will not find.
Pecking order = behavior in chickens
Dominance = pecking order, by another name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_%28ethology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy
Dominance hierarchies occur in most social animal species that normally live in groups, including primates. Dominance hierarchies have been extensively studied in fish, birds, and mammals. Dominance hierarchies can be simple linear structures, which often arise from the physical differences among individuals in a group in relation to their access to resources. They are also influenced by the complex social interactions among individuals in the group.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order
It is a basic concept in social stratification and social hierarchy that has its counterpart in other animal species, including humans. Still, the term "pecking order" is often used synonymously; the "pecking order" was the first studied example of the social hierarchy among animals.
As I said before, pecking order may or may not exist is smaller groups, but it always exists in larger groups.
A like minded group might find some "balance" without a pecking order, but there will always be someone most people respect more then others, listen to more then others, even when that person is wrong.
It may be an invisible pecking order, but it is still there.
PS. I said few exceptions. An exception to the rule does not invalidate the rule. You would have to find 51% to invalidate the rule, which you will not find.
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New Leader Of UK's Green Party: Nuclear Power Is The Betamax Of The Energy World [View all]
Turborama
Sep 2012
OP
An example of a technology that has been relegated to being a historical artifact
Turborama
Sep 2012
#8
Right, so essentially: "I throw ad hominem attacks at writers who's work I don't read"
Turborama
Oct 2012
#16
LOL! So, if 3 people agree with Donald Trump that makes him correct about the President's BC?
Turborama
Oct 2012
#46
I thought the same thing when I read it -- superior performance undercut by cheaper and crappier
Brickbat
Oct 2012
#17
K&R But that was a very bad analogy. The leader of a political party really needs to be more
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#3