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Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under Europe Europe Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Loneliness is an evolved biological signal that triggers a threat response rather than just an emotional state. Loneliness is an evolved biological signalthat triggers a threat response ratherthan just an emotional state. Last stated 2 years ago 10 Apr 2025 KN Ken Norton — holds since 2025-04-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Stress is the mechanism of adaptation rather than something to be minimised, and the case against it comes from conflating chronic stress with acute stress. — tap to centre the map on it Stress is the mechanism ofadaptation rather than something tobe minimised, and the case againstit comes from conflating chronicstress with acute stress. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: People get depressed when they face their vulnerability alone. — tap to centre the map on it People get depressed when they facetheir vulnerability alone. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2024 SJ Sue Johnson — holds since 2024-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: People seek solitude to lift their mood, but connecting with a friend would make them happier. — tap to centre the map on it People seek solitude to lift theirmood, but connecting with a friendwould make them happier. Last stated 6 years ago 8 Jan 2021 LS Laurie Santos — holds since 2021-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind ismostly our own bias: it predictstext, and leverages our evolvedhabit of attributing intentionalityto anything that acts human. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validatedwithout a significance threshold, bymeasuring how far it is enriched formutations an entirely independentstudy says affect a trait. Last stated 5 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior. — tap to centre the map on it Adaptive evolution tends to achieveeven a simple, fixed objectivethrough complicated behavior. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans are by nature the Machiavellian animal, the product of 40 million years of evolution from primates — tap to centre the map on it Humans are by nature theMachiavellian animal, the product of40 million years of evolution fromprimates RG Robert Greene — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: People judge an organisation by the humans they deal with, because judging other people is the task evolution equipped them for. — tap to centre the map on it People judge an organisation by thehumans they deal with, becausejudging other people is the taskevolution equipped them for. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The desire to work rather than be idle may be an evolved human trait. — tap to centre the map on it The desire to work rather than beidle may be an evolved human trait. Last stated 9 months ago 2 Feb 2026 JC JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Plague receded from Europe through fourteen generations of natural selection, not through any advance in medicine. — tap to centre the map on it Plague receded from Europe throughfourteen generations of naturalselection, not through any advancein medicine. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The selection signal on the genetics of schooling is not a European artefact: the same variants predict years of school in China, a population disconnected from Europe for the whole period. — tap to centre the map on it The selection signal on the geneticsof schooling is not a Europeanartefact: the same variants predictyears of school in China, apopulation disconnected from Europefor the whole period. Last stated 5 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Loneliness is an evolved biological signal that triggers a threat response rather than just an emotional state. Last stated 10 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago Holds Ken Norton Read this korrent →