The document discusses reasons for human preferences and loves.
It argues that reasons like finding chocolate cake sweet or girls sexy are not the real reasons, but rather developed preferences from an evolutionary perspective. For example, humans evolved to find sweet things appealing because our brains prefer glucose as an energy source. Overall, the document suggests that human preferences result from evolutionary developments rather than the surface level reasons people typically cite.
The document discusses reasons for human preferences and loves.
It argues that reasons like finding chocolate cake sweet or girls sexy are not the real reasons, but rather developed preferences from an evolutionary perspective. For example, humans evolved to find sweet things appealing because our brains prefer glucose as an energy source. Overall, the document suggests that human preferences result from evolutionary developments rather than the surface level reasons people typically cite.
The document discusses reasons for human preferences and loves.
It argues that reasons like finding chocolate cake sweet or girls sexy are not the real reasons, but rather developed preferences from an evolutionary perspective. For example, humans evolved to find sweet things appealing because our brains prefer glucose as an energy source. Overall, the document suggests that human preferences result from evolutionary developments rather than the surface level reasons people typically cite.
The document discusses reasons for human preferences and loves.
It argues that reasons like finding chocolate cake sweet or girls sexy are not the real reasons, but rather developed preferences from an evolutionary perspective. For example, humans evolved to find sweet things appealing because our brains prefer glucose as an energy source. Overall, the document suggests that human preferences result from evolutionary developments rather than the surface level reasons people typically cite.
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