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    Default Re: Civilization - good or bad for mankind?

    Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
    Just to help you along, Legio, human beings are not a flock animal.
    Thank u I meant herd

    Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
    If you can use the right terminology, your arguments will be less confusing.
    Flock is used in the same meaning as herd. It was a wrong choice of word, but it should have been quite obvious what was meant with it because the words are nearly synonyms in an ecological and society philosophical sense:

    Quote Originally Posted by Wikipedia
    A herd is a large group of animals. The term is usually applied to mammals, particularly ungulates. Other terms are used for similar phenomena in other types of animal. For example, a large group of birds is usually called a flock (this may also refer to certain mammals as well)[...]
    However in theoretical discussions in behavioural ecology the generic term "herd" is used for all these kinds of assemblage
    Last edited by Rodion Romanovich; 06-18-2006 at 13:30.
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