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>We are social animals More like murder-anyone-not-from-our-low-double-digits-headcount-community animals ;) The way the phrase is popularly used is an equivoc

• hackuser 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure that's wrong. People need social relationships to survive; it's not optional. People literally go insane without social contact.
  • htns 10y ago
    That's ludicrous. There are countless hermits, castaways, and such who retained their sanity just fine. Even cabin fever is not insanity.
    • colx 10y ago
      > Even cabin fever is not insanity. If anything, the fact that cabin fever is so prevalent should be an indication that maybe humans haven't evolved to live in very close proximity for most of the time.