Comment by sethammons
1 day ago
At such cost with such narrow advantage, why has it persisted so pervasively? I would counter that the advantage is wider and the cost narrower than your current value system is allowing you to accept.
1 day ago
At such cost with such narrow advantage, why has it persisted so pervasively? I would counter that the advantage is wider and the cost narrower than your current value system is allowing you to accept.
Natural selection doesn't care about cost or advantage, only reproduction.
It is the sum of costs and advantages that lead to reproductive success. The trait is still here and still prevalent meaning people are still getting laid and starting families and presumably leading fulfilling lives.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say.
> I'm not sure what you are trying to say.
I'm saying, if it doesn't ruin lives to the point of preventing reproduction, then it stays in the gene pool.
Basically, I'm saying this:
> The trait is still here and still prevalent meaning people are still getting laid and starting families and presumably leading fulfilling lives.
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