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This does make some sense from an anthropological perspective. For tribal people, being excommunicated from the tribe was a death sentence. This is also the rea
by donw 10y ago
This does make some sense from an anthropological perspective. For tribal people, being excommunicated from the tribe was a death sentence. This is also the reason that people fear public speaking so much (the risk of losing favor with the tribe).
- ptaipale 10y agoHowever, being excommunicated was death sentence because it denied people of basic physical needs such as food, water and shelter. Being lonely is miserable, but what kills you is exposure to cold or starvation.
- johnchristopher 10y agoThere's more to it than death by metabolism failure. We are a very social species, it's the biological norm for its members to suffer from forced or imposed loneliness.
- ptaipale 10y agoOf course, but death by metabolism failure usually comes sooner.