River flowingimagecross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 2 years ago message-square12arrow-up1424
arrow-up1424imageRiver flowing interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 2 years ago message-square12cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-square interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilink6•edit-22 years agoInstincts are so weird. And it’s not just animals that do stupid shit based on instinct, or rather it’s not just non-human animals; humans have tons of occasionally counterproductive instincts / cognitive biases too. Edit: found this delightfully 90’s-looking page on the subject of human instincts
minus-square hazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈 ( @iamhazel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•2 years ago Human instincts evolved long ago when we lived off the land as hunter-gatherers and took refuge in simple shelters like caves Makes it sound like we stopped evolving at some point. I could be convinced 😅
minus-square Denvil ( @Denvil@lemmy.one ) linkfedilink2•2 years agoI use dark reader on firefox, and instead of making the page darkmode, it just changed the text to a very similar color as the backround lol
minus-square interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilink1•2 years agoHa yeah same, I had to switch it to static mode for the site so my eyeballs wouldn’t catch on fire
Instincts are so weird. And it’s not just animals that do stupid shit based on instinct, or rather it’s not just non-human animals; humans have tons of occasionally counterproductive instincts / cognitive biases too.
Edit: found this delightfully 90’s-looking page on the subject of human instincts
Makes it sound like we stopped evolving at some point. I could be convinced 😅
I use dark reader on firefox, and instead of making the page darkmode, it just changed the text to a very similar color as the backround lol
Ha yeah same, I had to switch it to static mode for the site so my eyeballs wouldn’t catch on fire