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> It does make some evolutionary sense Does it? It sounds total bs to me. "When you have an object close to your face, it's registered as food, because you ne

> It does make some evolutionary sense Does it? It sounds total bs to me. "When you have an object close to your face, it's registered as food, because you need to get close to your meal to eat it." "When you have an object close to your face, it's registered as love, because parents needs to get close to their child to look after them." When you have a statement that you can bend in an arbitrary way and still make some sense out of it, it's nonesense.

Terr_ 2y ago
Yeah, sometimes I put a morning banana by my bed, and I'm pretty sure my body doesn't treat it is a threat. Seeking a charitable explanation, "near things are a threat" is a garbled form of "near things cause physiological arousal"? That more-inclusive version would then cover cases like "delicious fruit" and "scary spider" and "the thing I put down next to me as a reminder to do something with it as soon as I got up."
- prox 2y ago
  I would put sounds much more in a category of threat assessment for the brain than objects. Waking up when there is a big sound (lightning, heavy machinery etc.) can really interrupt one, especially if you haven’t had your full REM cycle. I do think objects can be affective, but one would never willingly put scary stuff near your bed, unless you’re into that sort of thing. Now your phone can be threatening if you always expect the worst, e.g. your employer constantly prodding you with messages , but then you have bigger problems.
- heckelson 2y ago
  > morning banana by my bed this person is living in the year 3200 with moves as smart as this one
  - Terr_ 2y ago
    Heh, I wish I could say it was because of time-optimized hustle grindset [0], but really I'm just trying to make myself actually eat in the mornings in case it helps me stop with the crazy late nights. [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U [1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delayed-sleep-phase/symptoms-causes/syc-20353340 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delayed-sleep...
askvictor 2y ago
And if a bear is close to your face, I'd think it's much too late.
- portaouflop 2y ago
  You wouldn’t download a bear

Terr_ 2y ago

Yeah, sometimes I put a morning banana by my bed, and I'm pretty sure my body doesn't treat it is a threat. Seeking a charitable explanation, "near things are a threat" is a garbled form of "near things cause physiological arousal"? That more-inclusive version would then cover cases like "delicious fruit" and "scary spider" and "the thing I put down next to me as a reminder to do something with it as soon as I got up."

prox 2y ago
I would put sounds much more in a category of threat assessment for the brain than objects. Waking up when there is a big sound (lightning, heavy machinery etc.) can really interrupt one, especially if you haven’t had your full REM cycle. I do think objects can be affective, but one would never willingly put scary stuff near your bed, unless you’re into that sort of thing. Now your phone can be threatening if you always expect the worst, e.g. your employer constantly prodding you with messages , but then you have bigger problems.
heckelson 2y ago
> morning banana by my bed this person is living in the year 3200 with moves as smart as this one
- Terr_ 2y ago
  Heh, I wish I could say it was because of time-optimized hustle grindset [0], but really I'm just trying to make myself actually eat in the mornings in case it helps me stop with the crazy late nights. [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U [1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delayed-sleep-phase/symptoms-causes/syc-20353340 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/delayed-sleep...

askvictor 2y ago

And if a bear is close to your face, I'd think it's much too late.

portaouflop 2y ago
You wouldn’t download a bear