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Aversion to spiders more likely to save your life and allow you to pass on genes, makes sense.
by nol13 8y ago
Aversion to spiders more likely to save your life and allow you to pass on genes, makes sense.
- goldenkey 8y agoNot necessarily. If you live in an area with spiders, you probably also have mosquitoes and all kinds of other insect disease vectors. Having a nice spider would go a long ways to keeping those vectors down.
- got2surf 8y agoInteresting point - avoiding spiders is better for me individually, but reducing mosquitoes is better globally. So I guess it depends if our aversions are optimized for the individual or the species.