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> Tastes are our evolved response to support us in an environment we no longer occupy. The same can be said for all human pleasures. Do you disdain them all?
by marcusverus 4y ago
> Tastes are our evolved response to support us in an environment we no longer occupy.
The same can be said for all human pleasures. Do you disdain them all?
- ben_w 4y agoIncorrect; many human pleasures revolve around other humans, and those are (in all important regards) as much a part of our environment today as 100kya. For the rest, I distain only those which violate my sense of empathy, which asks "would I be OK if the tables were turned?": that we enjoy games of skill involving throwing things is seldom important but morally neutral, that we act as though calories is scarce is bad on a personal level but again not a moral concern (I don't think hunger is generally caused by others overeating).