Thinking out loud ll

Let me see, where do I start? How about I talk about human survival?

How did the human race not only survive, but flourish? They grow even in the most unforgiving of places. Before modern technology even, they were EVERYWHERE!

Why?

Well, if you are looking at it statistically, the number of humans on Earth seems to be rising with new advances in science and technology. From that alone, one might assume that it is their intelligence.

That doesn't seem quite right.

I want to get to the root of it, and looking at advances in technology is not enough to sate my hunger for an answer. What is the very survival of humans dependent on? What is at the core? Well, I think it may have to do with uncommon instinct. During a disaster, in the middle of an epidemic, humans will rush to the aid of their own kind.

Why???

With humans, the survival of the fittest is not an option, so the weaker ones also live. This swells their numbers. Humans need to do this though. Humans do not have any physical adaptations that could help them in the wild. No fur to block the cold, no claws to quickly climb trees or defend themselves, no night vision, no spikes, no shells, they cant run fast... the list goes on and on. Humans have no physical features that could save them from the environmental dangers they had to face. Humans do, however, have a highly adaptive brain. Humans were made to swell in ranks because there is safety in numbers. The humans decided early on that if they were to make large groups, they would have a better chance of survival. Even if there are weak people, they still produce heat, they can still serve some function within the community. That's why people are found in clusters, they are wired that way.

There is, of course, one more reason. This reason explains why humans will sometimes rush into a dangerous situation to save a total stranger, even at the expense of their own lives.

LOVE

I do not know a better way of explaining it other than this; when humans hold love for everyone within their hearts, they can feel empathy towards people they see who are suffering. When they do, they cannot bear the thought of one of their own kind going through such pain, when they know it could very well have been them. Instead of delaying and asking themselves if that person would do the same for them, the human gives that person the benefit of the doubt and tries to rescue them.

I don't know if I explained that too well... let It know if you have questions.



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