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this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2023
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I'm not a sociologist, but it's worth noting that for many thousands of years, humans passed on knowledge by story telling. If you had zero interest in listening to elders telling stories, you were less likely to learn important stuff, and so less likely to survive. It seems likely that we're naturally selected to be interested in stories.
But, in the same way that craving sweets used to drive people to eat fruit, but now that same urge drives us to eat candy, our inclination to listen to stories gets people to watch soap operas or marvel movies, which isn't exactly improving our chance of survival.
thank you! that makes sense
No it doesn’t. Evolution is an explanation for species to adjust to the environment . This comment says “the environment was stories”. But how our ancestors developed the habit of story telling in the first place is still unexplained with this little piece of fiction.
But that doesn’t explain why stories were the form to convey information in the first place.
It sort of does. Groups who told stories and listened to stories survived better than other groups. It doesn't matter that there might have been another way to pass on information, that one worked and helped the group thrive. Lots of different animals solve the same issue in different ways - evolution doesn't care.