"man is a social animal" sounds all fluffy bunnies but what it means is that there are deep structures in your brain that try to kill you if your perception of your social status is too low. in Dunbar-number-sized social groups most people could clear this bar. most now can't
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The formulation seems backwards to me... it’s like saying there’s something in our body that tries to kill us if we don’t get enough food or water. Maybe technically true (?) but it seems like a strange way to describe what’s happening.
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your car stops running when it runs out of gas; that's like hunger and thirst. if, instead, your car's gas tank was rigged with a bomb that exploded when it fell below 20% capacity, you could compare that to hunger and thirst, but the comparison would be highly suspect
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Ah yes. Makes sense
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