Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.

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[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Natural selection is actually technically an optimisation algorithm. Its just a kind of crappy one that only ever finds local maximas because it can't traverse valleys (the thing just dies). So we end up with optical receptors on the wrong side of our retina. Ooof.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Neanderthals evolved to traverse valleys just fine

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't mean literal valleys.

[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 1 points 23 hours ago

And see where that got them!