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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Did we ever figure out why we evolved brains that produce cortisol?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Uh, poor people tend to have more children than rich people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Immagine what it could be if the cortisol mechanism didn't work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Not us, that's for sure.

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