But how would humor and laughter become so ubiquitous? (part 7)
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No matter how nice a trait is to have, it’s not going to stick around for very long if it doesn’t bring about some advantage in one of nature’s selection processes. As Darwin taught us a long time ago, the surest way for a trait to justify its existence is to increase a being’s likelihood of survival. If a trait helps you survive better than other people, then slowly, over time, you and your kind will last longer than those who aren’t like you—and thus, all other things being equal, you will be more likely to live to reproduce and pass on your genes. Because the major challenges of this approach arise from the pressures of the environment, this approach favors more utilitarian survival traits, like being able to run faster or survive in the snow.
But how would humor and laughter become so ubiquitous? (part 7)
But how would humor and laughter become so…
But how would humor and laughter become so ubiquitous? (part 7)
No matter how nice a trait is to have, it’s not going to stick around for very long if it doesn’t bring about some advantage in one of nature’s selection processes. As Darwin taught us a long time ago, the surest way for a trait to justify its existence is to increase a being’s likelihood of survival. If a trait helps you survive better than other people, then slowly, over time, you and your kind will last longer than those who aren’t like you—and thus, all other things being equal, you will be more likely to live to reproduce and pass on your genes. Because the major challenges of this approach arise from the pressures of the environment, this approach favors more utilitarian survival traits, like being able to run faster or survive in the snow.