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A couple of things I'll point out. Evolution occurs at the level of population genetics, and it's not concerned with finding a stable state for any characterist
by nis0s 1y ago
A couple of things I'll point out. Evolution occurs at the level of population genetics, and it's not concerned with finding a stable state for any characteristic, at least not directly.
But more importantly to your question, the way we define society right now, or agree to be governed, is not a given, and it's not a fundamental quality of the universe or its reality.
Society in this point in time is an artifact of this point in time, and the accumulation of our historical and cultural works. So what is the societal problem, and for whom? How is the meaning of such a problem transferred from a social phenomena (resource allocation) to a biological one (stress responses, like cortisol homeostasis) to one which affects populations (propagation of some phenotype or genes)?
You have to connect sentience and cognition in a direct line with biological stress responses and evolutionary genetics, and its effect on brain evolution. It's an interesting question, but it depends on how it is decomposed and framed.
- trinsic2 1y agoAppreciate the responses. Not quite sure what to focus on yet. I'm still just brain storming and looking for sources on the subject. I wondered if upbringing and life experiences that produce emotional stress wires the brain in a certain way that causes distortions in thinking that are cumulative over time. Cognitive bias is one of those as well that might be open to interpretation on this. There is an article on this phenomenon[0] that talks about this subject. It may, or may not be passed by genes. But I think the interesting point is that this might lead to echo chambers when interacting with other individuals which could amplify distortions that could cause groups of people to see the world slightly different from a baseline. I wonder if there is any evidence about the evolution of the mind in regard to stress tolerances. [0]: https://darnall.tricare.mil/News-Gallery/Articles/Article/4234664/understanding-cognitive-distortions-how-to-stop-being-your-brains-press-secreta https://darnall.tricare.mil/News-Gallery/Articles/Article/42...