11/4/15 Monkeys And Their Pointy Sticks?

    I am still reading The Lucifer Principle, every chapter is like a fine meal, I am just dumbstruck at how he simplifies humanity through the ages.  It may very well be a popular book, but if it is not, it should be.  The latest chapter or two was going on about how our primitive ancestors who were able to walk on two legs and start throwing rocks and stones as weapons, suddenly took a huge advantage over the other ancestors who needed their arms to walk, gorilla style.
    Suddenly, the best pitcher (one who can throw a stick or rock with effectiveness) was going to be raised to top of the hero list in any given community.  He was going to have "dibs" on the women and thus procreate more, which means we come from the best of the best.
    This of course was important so our primitive homo sapien ancestor could incorporate meat into our diet, which without it, well look around at any given vegetarian, versus meat eater, density matters, especially if one is going to live in the elements.  With primitive weapons and a little skill, antelopes and other quicker animals were possible to be included on the menu more frequently, and those that provided said protein sources were typically the stronger males of the group, even the weaker males would have to take a begging posture for a "handout".
    Funny how once we figured out the bigger the weapon, the more powerful the man, we find ourselves at Los Alamos at the end of World War 2 making the biggest weapon ever.  Even funnier that at a certain point, the balance shifted.  It is no longer the world of the strongest man, because in order for that bomb to get invented, it took the brain power of many many "nerds" in glasses with their calculators.  The Manhatten Project should be a class project to be viewed by all kids, sometime in high school.  It is also fascinating how the Bomb came to be, on the shoulders of a few brilliant men, figuring out it could be done, first because a theoretical formula told them what the outcome would be, then putting it all together on the military's timeclock, at a cheap price of two billion dollars.  I don't know that the Russians would have completed theirs without their spies stealing our information, but regardless, would we be so stately without another super power watching over us with mutually assured destruction?