Comment by kelipso
3 hours ago
You are avoiding cars constantly when driving with a non-zero amount of traffic. Way more incidents than predators in the savanna while doing persistence hunting.
3 hours ago
You are avoiding cars constantly when driving with a non-zero amount of traffic. Way more incidents than predators in the savanna while doing persistence hunting.
Not sure what you're arguing.
Your brain gets used to in-distribution events.
Car accidents (and the conditions that cause them) are out-of-distribution events.
It's that simple.
That’s not how the brain works. It is evolutionary adapted to stay alert for out of distribution events.
Correct, and by the time an out of distribution event happens in a car, you are milliseconds from collision (if that).
Most car accidents are effectively instantaneous. The fact your brain perks up as a bumper is coming through your side window is not very helpful.