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> eating used to be extremely dangerous You're talking a very long time ago. Shouldn't that be already disregarded from an evolutionary POV?

• MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
  > You're talking a very long time ago. We've made strong progress in food security in the last 100-200 years, not sure about before that. I suspect hunter/gatherers had it actually better than farmers. What time spans are you talking about?
  • jk7tarYZAQNpTQa 6y ago
    > What time spans are you talking about? I would assume (from ignorance) than knowledge about food security is older than us as a species. And by food security I mean "don't eat plant A", or "don't eat plant B raw, put it first on the fire or it will make you sick" etc.
    • andy_ppp 6y ago
      I’m not even talking about the food, more the bacteria from the environment on the food, in some places still today even the water isn’t safe to drink. You can easily have food in a developing country that makes you sick. These simply aren’t past problems and it makes sense the body mounts defences just in case!