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>About 10% of humans have been addicts across most cultures throughout most of recorded human history, and they desperately need help (even if they claim don't
by trhway 5y ago
>About 10% of humans have been addicts across most cultures throughout most of recorded human history, and they desperately need help (even if they claim don't want it).
one can wonder why this trait hasn't been selected out by now (or some trait managing it hasn't appeared).
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoAnecdotally, while 9/10 people with obsessive traits may crash and burn and possibly end up homeless, 1/10 may succeed spectacularly by becoming obsessed with something healthy-ish, or something that benefits people other than themselves. (Even if it's at the expense of their family and friends).
- Talanes 5y agoHow many addicts crash and burn before reproductive age?
- jawarner 5y agoIt's not a genetic issue, it's an ecological issue. I imagine almost all humans can become addicted to something or develop mental health issues under the right (wrong) circumstances.
- retrac 5y agoSame reason some young men play chicken with traffic. Paradoxically, it's likely a signal of fitness. A young man who can still manage sex successfully under the burden of multiple addictions probably has decent genes, cardiovascularly speaking. Probably why men are much more likely than women to take such risks, too.