Hypothesis: domestication in pets is largely the result of selection for permanent childhood, so the pet never becomes fully autonomous and borrows top level intentions from parental authority. And homo sapiens is a domesticated hominid.
I think mammal infants are unable to make high level survival relevant decisions; their self lacks a top level which is borrowed from caring adults. This mode is signaled to the adults, which in turn have a compulsion for taking responsibility.
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I agree with you
@ellebarka broadly that beauty and childlike appearance has positive effect on selection. But@plinz is convinced that mind-control has a beneficial role to the society or the individual. My argument is to gently nudge him that it is not necessarily the case. :) - 3 more replies
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Neotenous adults are not infants. They don't require any care. They just have a morphology that helps them adapt better.
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My point is that almost all human adults look neotenous when compared to premodern hominids. Most humans are uncomfortable or even dysfunctional outside of social group structures that offer them normative guidance, to which they trustfully submit.
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