My comment & query to GC's "Dogs and Men" post: https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/dogs-and-men/#comment-69380 … Read both and let me know if you know anything.
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@St_Rev That surprises me. -
@NineBandedBooks Humans have a strong emotional attraction to neoteny. Domesticated mammals consistently display neoteny. -
@St_Rev But why not with reptiles or fish? Would you bet against sub-pop differences in neotenous attraction. -
@NineBandedBooks I don't understand the question. -
@St_Rev Per my notion that human-animal interaction broadened our empathic tookit. Are pops with less experience less prone to project cute? -
@NineBandedBooks I suspect our empathic toolkit is focused on babies, other animals evolved to hijack it. -
@NineBandedBooks That would predict that the San are as attracted (modulo culture) to kittens and puppies as the Japanese. -
@St_Rev You're probably right, but I'd like to see research if it exists. It "feels" very different.
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@NineBandedBooks Might expect some drift in both directions, but dogs probably did most of the adapting. -
@NineBandedBooks Aside from that, note that humans are the only apex predator of humans, so we don't have unambiguous 'aww' response. -
@NineBandedBooks Housecats are never threats, only neutral or friendly. Permanent babies.
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@NineBandedBooks ...than that humans were selected to find them attractive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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