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In nature, it's advantageous for children and adults to have distinct capabilities in this regard, since children don't normally compete with adults - rather, t
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
In nature, it's advantageous for children and adults to have distinct capabilities in this regard, since children don't normally compete with adults - rather, the two work together to gather as many high quality stars as possible, to share with the whole family.
Adults usually having more and varied responsibilities makes it better for them to jump to conclusions, thereby leaving time and energy for the other stuff. Children have less responsibility, so they can afford the curiosity that may find them stars the adults missed.
Indeed, one major adult responsibility is keeping children safe, which often means curtailing their excessive curiosity.
- vmception 5y agoAlso in nature, children die and this is motivated by probability by having many offspring Still true in alot of the world
- vmception 5y ago*mitigated not motivated
- Qem 5y agoI also think this. Children surely were like small probes for their communities, specially in the past. Just think the amazing variety of foodstuff traditional cultures were able to tell apart from the poisonous stuff. How did they learn that? My guess is, countless children puting unknown things in their mouths, and either surviving while discovering a new delicacy, or dying, but teaching their elders about a new poison in the process.