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Of course it might make sense. We’ve not been built for longevity but for high reproduction rates. Dying with 40 is not a big deal if you’ve got enough offsprin
by baxtr 7y ago
Of course it might make sense. We’ve not been built for longevity but for high reproduction rates. Dying with 40 is not a big deal if you’ve got enough offspring.
Also: have you tried to apply your logic to smoking? Many people I know enjoy smoking. How come evolution has optimized us for that? Just because we can handle something in the short run doesn’t mean it’s good for us in the long run.
- CydeWeys 7y agoThe smoking parallel isn't very illuminating. Eating food is necessary for survival; smoking tobacco isn't. And we've been eating cholesterol-containing animal products for many tens of millions of years, long before we became Homo sapiens, whereas the smoking of tobacco is a very recent phenomenon, way too recent to have any effect on evolutionary time scales. In what way has evolution optimized for smoking? It gives us cancer and kills us. We're clearly not optimized for it.