Scientists claim that Godzilla's enormous growth may be related to increased military spending in the U.S. military



Godzilla , nicknamed the 'Kaiju King,' is now a monster that is awe-inspiring and loved not only in Japan but also in the world. A research team at Dartmouth College claims that 'the evolution of the'Godzilla species' is 30 times faster than normal creatures,' and speculates that growth 'may be related to increased military spending by the U.S. military.' doing.

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The research on Godzilla's growth rate was presented by a research team of Professor Nathaniel J. Dominy, an evolutionary biologist at Dartmouth College, and Associate Professor Ryan Calsbeek, a biologist who studies natural selection at the same university. The research published in the academic journal 'Science ' on May 31, 2019 begins with a consideration of the story of the first Godzilla.

The research team says that Godzilla's origins and actions in the 1954 movie 'Godzilla' (first film) can be seen in the scars of World War II, which ended in 1945. Godzilla indiscriminately destroys Tokyo's infrastructure, but this is a metaphor of indiscriminate bombing that struck Tokyo from the winter of 1944 to the early summer of 1945. Godzilla's background is that it embodies Japan's anti-American sentiment toward the United States, which carried out a nuclear attack.



Godzilla's height has been increasing since its introduction. The height of the first Godzilla was 50m, but the height of Godzilla in the latest work '

Godzilla King of Monsters ' is 119.8m, which has more than doubled.



According to the research team, there is a theory that Godzilla is a kind of Ceratosaurus from its appearance, but when comparing the two, Godzilla far exceeds the rate of increase in body height. Also, when compared with the data collected from 2500 species of wild animals, Godzilla seems to be receiving 'evolutionary pressure ', which is the pressure to promote evolution by natural selection, 30 times more than other organisms.

Of course, Godzilla is just an imaginary creature, and the size of Godzilla changes depending on the creator. Even if Godzilla appears in the work, as the first generation was defeated by Oxygen Destroyer, it is multiple individuals, so `` Godzilla which was 50 m in 1954 grew to 119.8 m in 2019'' Not. However, the research team claims that 'the psychology of the creators who determine the size of Godzilla is related to US military spending.'

Below is a graph showing the relationship with Godzilla's height on the vertical axis and US military spending on the horizontal axis. According to the research team, if you estimate the regression equation from each data and calculate the coefficient of determination, the value will be 0.74. The estimated regression equation fits the data well, so he claims that there is a correlation between military spending and Godzilla's height.



A 2003 Pentagon report states that climate change is damaging water resources and food production, and that the migration of people contributes to international conflict. Therefore, the research team believes that there is a potential link between the US military, which mediates international conflicts resulting from climate change, and Godzilla, a metaphor for natural disasters resulting from climate change.

'Godzilla symbolizes natural disasters, and Godzilla's story is a'lessonary parable'in our time, so Godzilla continues to be a cultural symbol,' the research team said. I will.

In addition, 'Godzilla King of Monsters', which is 119.8m in length and has the largest ever Godzilla fighting against the biggest rival King Ghidorah, has been released to the public from May 31, 2019 (Friday). It is a sequel to 'GODZILLA Godzilla' released in 2014, but since the emphasis is on the monster battle part more than the previous work, those who think that 'monsters fight rather than human drama in monster movies' are definitely theaters Please come to.

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