Sticky comments on Babies and Bunnies: A Caution About Evo-Psych - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 22 February 2010 05:24:58AM 3 points [-]

Why would this make rabbits cuter to humans?

Comment author: Sticky 22 February 2010 06:50:32AM *  2 points [-]

I'm guessing it's because cute rabbits get eaten less than non-cute rabbits, thus exerting selection pressure in favor of cuteness, which presumably is the same in all... something. Mammals?

Sounds a little strained to me, though.

Comment author: orthonormal 22 February 2010 09:14:11AM 4 points [-]

The point is that cute is almost certainly a 2-place word.

Comment author: Jack 22 February 2010 07:34:39AM 1 point [-]

Why would how humans feel towards rabbits effect how likely they are to be eaten by their rabbit parents?

Comment author: Sticky 22 February 2010 04:18:54PM 0 points [-]

It wouldn't. That's supposed to be a side effect.

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