#is only equipped to respond to threats like lions and cave bears. why would our basic psychology be any different

[sturnellaneglecta]

I once got into an argument with a guy in college over whether modern people are really that different from ancient people and he said we are because look how violent etc ancient people were (or superstitious). that sort of thing. But the older i get the more i'm convinced i'm right lol. i don't think humans have stopped being any more bloodthirsty than they were in the past, we just have laws that sort-of kind-of keep it in check now

#drive on any east coast interstate for more than ten minutes and tell me #if you believe there is anything really holding back those people from brutally killing each other at a moment's notice #besides the fact that they might get put in prison for it. #i could provide less funny examples but u get my point #my post #besides on an evolutionary time scale thats absolutely nothing. our brains are the same. we're dealing with emails on brain software that #is only equipped to respond to threats like lions and cave bears. why would our basic psychology be any different