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Indeed. I would assume that this is one of the traits that survives due to group selection [0] - it would be bad if everyone in the population was such a risk t
by falcor84 2y ago
Indeed. I would assume that this is one of the traits that survives due to group selection [0] - it would be bad if everyone in the population was such a risk taker, but groups that have a small percentage of these people will adapt better.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection
- elcritch 2y agoThat's my belief on why ADHD has such similar levels of prevalence (between 5%) around the globe despite drastically different cultures and varying genetics. It's great for the group as a whole as the ADHD members tend to be natural entrepreneurs, inventors, etc. However it often sucks for the individual ADHD folks and leads to higher rates of, well, everything. So the equilibrium settles to a stable fraction of the overall population.