"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
> > From my experience it has little to do with being hungry. Its a matter
> > of working the brain in its natural environment, giving it a complex
> > problem of tracking and stalking another creature that has been evolved
> > to avoid your best efforts. Making the kill at that point may or may not
> > be necessary.
>
> It is interesting, for me to notice my own tendency to translate a
> hunter/gatherer mindset from animals to the opposite sex. I have
> little interest in tracking or killing a wild animal (perhaps because
> I have little experience with whether or not they are a challenge).
> However, "stalking" a woman is an interesting challenge. I know
> women who have similar perspectives with regard to men. For me,
> making the "kill" has definite "responsibility" consequences,
> so you have to consider carefully *exactly* what you want as proof
> of a successful hunt.
>
> > I'm sure the exercise, the totally immersed environment might have a
> > contributing factor, as its a much higher bandwidth input than any
> > simulator game, but the hunt is the real fun.
>
> By this argument, you must then accept that is is not the reality
> of the hunting/violence per se, but the *perception* of that experience
> that you desire.
I don't know enough about the neurochemistry to come to a definitive conclusion, I can only cite the stats and relate my own perceptions, as a hunter.
>
> > As Lazarus Long said, "I've had the most fun when I wasn't sure
> > where my next meal was coming from."
>
> Clearly, lack of fullfillment of basic needs sharpens the experience.
> Generally speaking the average human in Western cultures in this day
> and age lives in an environment of very "dull" expriences. Hunting
> is perhaps an expression of the desire to recapture the vividness
> of the reality that we evolved in.
Perhaps.
Mike Lorrey