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minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoDid we ever figure out why we evolved brains that produce cortisol?
minus-squareSkyeStarfalllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAlso, humans are not machines, we need rest and relaxation. It’s debatable for why, but life would be a lot more boring if we didn’t have a need for relaxation, art, recreation, etc. Just pure work for survival.
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoBecause people who are born lucky enough to have an easy life are likely to have more kids. Using cortisol to magnify that improves selection bias. The rest is math. Evolution is a bitch.
minus-squareLath@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoUh, poor people tend to have more children than rich people.
minus-squareTalia@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoImmagine what it could be if the cortisol mechanism didn’t work
Did we ever figure out why we evolved brains that produce cortisol?
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Also, humans are not machines, we need rest and relaxation. It’s debatable for why, but life would be a lot more boring if we didn’t have a need for relaxation, art, recreation, etc. Just pure work for survival.
Because people who are born lucky enough to have an easy life are likely to have more kids.
Using cortisol to magnify that improves selection bias.
The rest is math.
Evolution is a bitch.
Uh, poor people tend to have more children than rich people.
Immagine what it could be if the cortisol mechanism didn’t work
Not us, that’s for sure.