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Why do humans so often exaggerate their perception of credibility?
by lolidk890 4y ago
Why do humans so often exaggerate their perception of credibility?
- hirundo 4y agoFalling in love is often or even usually an example of that, and has the result of increasing fertility, giving the credulous a fitness advantage. A tribe with more credulous warriors may have a military advantage by being more cohesive and easier to lead.
- adolph 4y agoThe willing suspension of disbelief has been a successful genetic mutation. Genes learned to meme.
- swayvil 4y agoBecause the emotion comes first, reason second. The primary purpose of reason is to rationalize emotion. In fact, I suspect that the entire sensorium (sight, sound, etc) is an abstraction of emotion.