7d ago

Anon critiques humanity

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Because these are good questions, I'll answer some;
Physically weak
Humans are incredible long distance runners. We did a lot of hunting by "Chase it until it collapses"
9 months/15 years
Our brains take a loooooong time to mature, but it's worth it. We can plan ahead without relying on survival instincts, and we keep making amazing discoveries like fire and clothes
- We're basically horror movie tropes
  
  I miss r/HFY
  
  And while dogs have been bred to be subservient, Cats CHOSE to associate with us, the little psychos.
  
  Idk about domesticating part
  
  This means prehistoric humans persistence-hunting wolves is canonical to the crazyness2400verse.
  
  It puts the lotion on (?)
- Great long distance walkers too. With some adaptation time, about anyone can walk about 30 km a day, for weeks. For proof, the tens of thousands of people of all fitness levels walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage every year.
  
  Proud to say I accomplished that! My dad trained a fair bit. I did like 1 10km walk the week before we started, and I finished the 800kms with no real dramas, except the first day which was a massive climb. After 5-6 days my body was totally accustomed to the task at hand.
  (Super irrelevant to the post but it was an awesome experience and I would advocate anyone to undertake it, regardless of your thoughts on religion. I am not religious but did find it spiritual in a way. I did it about 6 years ago and still think about it every week.)
  
  Started with Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles? Yeah, it's a bit silly to start with the biggest climb of the way, but I know many people do to start from France.
  
  No I cannot, never again!
  
  You know you want to start a new way.
- and evolution isnt supposed to be perfect. we were not carefully designed.
  
  Weren't designed at all in in fact.
  
  People think of evolution as needing A+ to pass, when C- is enough.
  
  Heck, D- is. "Did it live long enough to produce offspring? Good enough!"
  
  I tough you need a minimum grade of C- to pass
  
  D- has always meant barely passing to me. You got more than 50%! Depends on who's doing the grading.
  
  It depends on the school.

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