Theme: Agency

–Q: @curtdoolittle: “Did the perception of cuteness in humans evolve as an adaptive survival mechanism to increase offspring care and social bonding?”–

Emergence: Breast-feeding: Oxytocin: Protection of offspring: notenic extension of childhood in order to manifeste prefrontal agency: social bonding: cooperation, cooperation at scale.
“Cuteness” refers to a sensation in response to preservation of neotenic traits and the manifestation as agreeableness and charm instead of aggression. Domestication syndrome. 😉

So, yes. 😉

CD

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RT @curtdoolittle: @bindureddy Good post.
Adds:
(a) neural pathways reorganize economically in time and through repetition (reinforcement…

RT @SteveStuWill: IQ becomes a better and better predictor of achievement as people progress through adulthood. https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/manterrupting-six-sex-differences htt…

Yes. Given the inversion of the IQ distribution curve for autists, such a disproportionate percentage of autists would skew the interpretation of the high IQ personalities and falsely correlate high IQ with limited empathizing.