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.
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.