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Re:Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of ima... by alexpetralia on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:33PM (#25434049)
To riff on your hypothesis in a totally speculative way, perhaps when we are younger we have "more" to give and take from communities. It would be evolutionarily adaptive for this to be primary focus, then. But as we age, we have less to give and take, and so it is no longer as adaptive. Just like when we are younger, we explore more, but as we age, we exploit more. Alas, I speculate!
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Re:Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of ima... by pantelisk on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:11PM (#25434558)
Ha, I love your hypothesis btw! Because I came from the "I am older and know myself better"-angle, and you from the "it's nature's way of telling me I should move towards the sidelines, making way for new" (paraphrasing of course, no offense). It's a humbling concept. So pretty interesting to think about. Maybe there is a bit of both!
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