Comment by rubyfan
2 days ago
I read the comment as insinuating people stop taking care of themselves as much after children and develop unhealthy habits.
2 days ago
I read the comment as insinuating people stop taking care of themselves as much after children and develop unhealthy habits.
No. The grandparent comment was essentially saying that we, as a species, were not designed to live as long as we do. It’s only been <10 generations since medicine has been a thing. Cancers, dementia etc just weren’t a thing before because we evolved to live long enough to bring our children up to be self sufficient and reproduce, then our job is done. Like the rest of the animal world do.
Modern medicine has messed with this. We weren’t meant to “old”.