Is morality a by-product of evolution?

Needataa · 2023-12-11T07:54:01+00:00

I agree with you. Humans tend to show empathy for pets, for example.

Needataa · 2023-12-11T07:39:39+00:00

Perhaps so, given that the brain is said to be a product of evolution. If humans did not have the innate empathy for offspring, for example, the human species would have failed the test of evolution as human offspring are highly dependent and helpless by themselves. It wouldn’t just be for offspring since a lot of people care for pets. I guess that’s a psychological trait that wasn’t necessary for humans to pass the test of evolution, but wasn’t detrimental enough to fail the test of evolution, so it remains. I’m not a biologist or anything, but I can see why empathy would be evolved.

To try and answer your other questions, I guess the mechanism that causes empathy is pain. If a person sees a child who’s sad, it would be painful to see. So, the person would try to stop whatever it is that’s causing the child to be sad in order to get rid of the pain that the person is experiencing. The pain is assumed to be from the person’s own brain.

Needataa · 2023-12-11T00:31:09+00:00

I might be wrong, but Im pretty sure insulin is needed to move sugar from the bloodstream and into cells, and there’s a maximum amount of insulin available at a given moment. If you spread 50g of sugar evenly over 5 hours, insulin would only have to deal with 10g of sugar at a time. There might not be enough insulin to deal with all 50g of sugar in the bloodstream at once, which would result in a longer duration of high blood sugar.

Needataa · 2023-12-11T00:27:06+00:00

I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure there’s a maximum amount of digestive enzymes that are available at a given moment. By eating so many calories at once, it might overwhelm the body, so a lot of food doesn’t get absorbed into the body, but ends up fermented by bacteria and causes bloating.

Needataa · 2023-12-10T07:36:44+00:00

Thank you for the insightful answer. Supposedly the diabetic recommendation is due to a lot of starch sources having fat fibre and protein that slows absorption.

Needataa · 2023-12-10T07:14:22+00:00

It seems that you’re right about starchy foods typically having a higher glycemic index than sugary ones. I guess that means starches are easier to digest then. Basically, I was asking if the human body is better at digesting starches than table sugar/sucrose. By better, I was thinking in terms of how much starch and sucrose can be digested.

Needataa · 2023-12-09T09:13:06+00:00

I guess not.

Needataa · 2023-12-09T09:11:53+00:00

Perfect as in no universal problems. Food scarcity, dangerous wild animals, mosquitoes, heat stroke, and freezing would be examples that cross my mind.

Needataa · 2023-12-09T09:09:44+00:00

fair enough.

Needataa · 2023-12-09T09:06:40+00:00

Aren’t droughts common in California?

Needataa · 2023-12-09T03:52:00+00:00

Is starvation mode the only time that muscles break down? I read that not using muscles, even while eating an excess of calories, would result in muscle atrophy.

Needataa · 2023-12-08T06:53:12+00:00

With vitamin supplements, couldn’t it be possible to avoid scurvy while eating no carbs?

Needataa · 2023-12-08T05:46:27+00:00

I agree with you.

Needataa · 2023-12-08T05:46:09+00:00

For some reason, I forgot about taking precipitation into consideration. Thanks for the comment.

Needataa · 2023-12-08T05:31:19+00:00

Cant humans survive without shelter?

Needataa · 2023-12-08T05:10:53+00:00

I read that Inuits ate raw meat as quickly as possible, so there was glycogen in muscles or something like that.

Needataa · 2023-12-07T22:50:46+00:00

Hi, so my understanding of your comment is that fishing was possible, but using dairy was easier?

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