YES! Thank you! I read this essay a long time ago, and wanted to re-read it as prep here, but I couldn’t find it and had to do without.
Needless to say, I think this idea is convoluted and evolutionary psychology-y, and contradicted by at least some of the evidence presented here, but it is still great.
Lindybeige on this most important question.
Also in article form (a bit more in depth). This is the most convincing hypothesis I came across.
YES! Thank you! I read this essay a long time ago, and wanted to re-read it as prep here, but I couldn’t find it and had to do without.
Needless to say, I think this idea is convoluted and evolutionary psychology-y, and contradicted by at least some of the evidence presented here, but it is still great.