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why would self control run counter to instincts
by whiddershins 13y ago
why would self control run counter to instincts
- zevyoura 13y agoBecause our instincts were developed over thousands of years to deal with circumstances of constant scarcity. We don't live in that world anymore.
- whiddershins 13y agoI know, but every assumption that allows one to make the above statements is actually unproven. - constant scarcity in historical environment - inheritable biological "instinct" for eating a certain way - rate of evolution of that instinct - actual abundance in our current environment