Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Another article for Darwinians

If you click the title you should be able to get to this article about humans and their instincts. I have read about other studies like this before and this one seems to affirm what others have: that we are still operating with old models because change happens so slowly through natural selection. This particular study shows that we recognize change much better in people and natural scenes than we do in scenes which are "inanimate." So I still react with more fear to lions and tigers despite the fact that I am much more likely to be killed by a speeding bus!

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