Email discussing Gordon Getty, Trump, and EDGE program with speculative remarks

From: Robert Trivers Sent: 3/20/2018 6:44:20 PM To: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Subject: Re: Importance: High i think this is a good point Jeffrey but i do think they are rarely sacrificed—certainly not Saddam or the sadistic Assads or Donald have you heard that Genghis Khan—for all i know a gentle nomadic warrior—left 5 million Y chromosomes in his wake, surviving today? 45% of marriages in Iraq are with first cousins of the doubly paternal kind—father's brother's child and this has been said to lead to easy fracturing of the country which only a powerful dictator like Saddam could contain of course "we" destroyed the country and it lies in ruins now—one end to the other leave tomorrow for Ft Lauderdale and then Sunday on to California as always, if you have an hour or so i will be there all best On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 6:14 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: i think you might be missing the benefit of the psycopath to the group. he is the defender easily sacrificed, but strkes fear in the heart of the other tribes, they are needed as best warriors On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 11:19 PM, Robert Trivers________________________________ vrote: dear men i am writing you both because i am attaching a still not-quite-complete response to Peter Richerson, a gene- culture co-evolutionist—without the genes i do so because four lines down i tell the "Gruterites"—Gordon Getty's echo chamber—that i have added you two to the list so here is your chance to say "no way" and i will delete that from the message and likewise not ask Gruter's assistant to add your names to the list having said that, i find Gordon's missives much less burdensome than those from EDGE and certainly without the egomaniacal nonsense that infects John Brockman—the key is to get the brightest minds in a room and have them tell each other what they think is most important—or some such nonsense neither David nor i can think of a single scientific advance achieved that way—most of what we do is simply concentrated sustained thought directed toward the foundations of a problem i doubt Jeffrey has made a huge amount of money via the EDGE program HOUSE OVERSIGHT 032733unless you say otherwise, i will shortly send you the key Getty missives in which he asserts, i believe correctly, that Trump is an archetypal narcissistic psychopath—or whatever the precise term is—and that he must be opposed with full force on that basis meanwhile, David has heard plenty about you Jeffrey, a financial/mathematical mind of exceptional quality and you should know that David is one of the very top evolutionary geneticists still breathing and my teacher on every detail large and small in haste and all best bob please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved HOUSE OVERSIGHT 032734