You're correct and I was mistaken to give the impression that it is a "military-only" sort of thing - far from it. That being said, the human tendency to optimi

You're correct and I was mistaken to give the impression that it is a "military-only" sort of thing - far from it. That being said, the human tendency to optimize for laziness often overrides our adaptive capabilities and instead pushes for maximizing comfort. The military does tend to train against this mindset (to varying degrees of success) - yet they are far from the only (or even most successful) of that ilk.