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minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 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-up9·6 months agoUh, poor people tend to have more children than rich people.
minus-squareTalia@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoImmagine what it could be if the cortisol mechanism didn’t work
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.