River flowingimagecross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 1 year ago message-square12arrow-up1424
arrow-up1424imageRiver flowing interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 1 year ago message-square12cross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-square interolivary ( @interolivary@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilink6•edit-21 year 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 Denvil ( @Denvil@lemmy.one ) linkfedilink2•1 year 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•1 year agoHa yeah same, I had to switch it to static mode for the site so my eyeballs wouldn’t catch on fire
minus-square hazel 🤷🏻♀️🏳️🌈 ( @iamhazel@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•1 year 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 😅
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
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
Makes it sound like we stopped evolving at some point. I could be convinced 😅