> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 11 evergreens, 2 sources</em></s> #### [[Humans love to group eachother]] [[There is a limit to the size of a group ordered purely by personal communication]] This is a major reason [[Greater cooperation and communication has lead to the success of humans as a species]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Darwin's Cathedral#293875904q]] Possible mechanism behind [[racism]], [[homophobia]], [[partisanship]] This could be seen as a result of [[kin selection]] but more likely [[group selection]]: [[Social control promotes highly altruistic behavior within groups]] This can be seen as a result of:: [[Human's will find explanations for inexplainable things]]. [[Oppressors invent reasoning for their oppression]], and grouping people lets you place them in the [[social hierarchy]]. [[Humans yearn for a tool with no blood on it]] means that we do try to justify our groupings. If we can stop this behavior we can overcome our biases and make it easier to learn: [[We will evolve when we make learning as easy as thinking]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SEED *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[Evolutionary Psychology]], [[human behavior]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^300574928]] > ![[10_Sources/books - Sapiens#^308475516]]