"While our lifestyle and culture have changed radically, we are still walking around in the same bodies and thinking with the same brains as the cavemen of thousands of years ago" CALEB JONES - THE UNCHAINED MAN.
Human beings evolved in a world full of scarcity and danger where you could be attacked by your rival tribe at any time or it might be 3 days until you can eat after a successful hunt. In the 21st century things couldn't be any more different but we still process the world around us using these outdated hardwired instincts. The consequences of this include........
OBESITY
It made perfect sense 10,000 years ago to crave high energy foods and to easily store that excess energy as fat. It makes no sense whatsoever to have those same cravings when your sitting in an office all day with Dunkin Donuts next door. This kills around 2.8 million people a year. Statistics - EASO
FEAR
Evolution made us afraid of things that pose an immediate threat like snakes and heights but not of things that were far more likely to kill us in the long run such as smoking tobacco. You're afraid of the wrong things: What evolution made you scared of versus what actually might kill you | CBC Life There are many irrational fears that fall into this category such as racism.
JEALOUSY
Due to our past where humans practiced POLYGAMY, men are hardwired to believe women are a scarce resource to be guarded at all costs. A majority of the fights you see outside nightclubs between young men are a common symptom of this territoriality.
RIDICULOUS MATE SELECTION
You see a beautiful, intelligent woman with a complete deadbeat of a man. A bully, neck tattoo, shady criminal past and wonder why? Women are pursuing men with traits that would have been advantageous thousands of years ago.
LOGICAL FALLACIES
Human's are hardwired to survive and reproduce not rationally analyse the world around us. We have developed methods to keep us in good standing with our tribe even if that means denying and rationalizing evidence that's right in front of us.
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