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It's true. Most of my popularity comes from outliving my enemies. But in all seriousness, I am intrigued with the idea that merely by being popular, it will af
by true_religion 9y ago
It's true. Most of my popularity comes from outliving my enemies.
But in all seriousness, I am intrigued with the idea that merely by being popular, it will affect your DNA and turn on genes that correlate good health.
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoCausality is likely backwards. People who are damaged by their environment or by getting unfortunate genetics end up both becoming unpopular and lowering their life expectancy. IQ is likely also correlated for the same reason to both.
- autokad 9y agoi think that is generally true, but our frame of mind has huge impacts. I'm making up a contrived example, but someone who is not popular _could_ feel anxiety, sparking an immune response to nothing that results in allergies and other gene activations.
- sjg007 9y agoI would say stress, anxiety, depression
- empath75 9y agoDepression leads to a lot of early deaths.