I suppose so, but unattractive and low-status doesn’t necessarily mean potentially less harmful. In fact, it could be argued that low-status individuals have less to lose form breaking social rules and resorting to aggression (in a generalized sense). Or that just associating with low-status individuals may lower your own status.
Anyway, human congnitive heuristics and biases doesn’t necessarily need to have an adaptive value.
Er… Why? If someone is too weak (in a generalized sense) to possibly harm me without repercussions, wouldn’t that make me less afraid of him?
I suppose so, but unattractive and low-status doesn’t necessarily mean potentially less harmful. In fact, it could be argued that low-status individuals have less to lose form breaking social rules and resorting to aggression (in a generalized sense). Or that just associating with low-status individuals may lower your own status.
Anyway, human congnitive heuristics and biases doesn’t necessarily need to have an adaptive value.