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Comment author: David_Gerard 01 December 2010 10:08:19PM *  11 points [-]

It may be worth observing that being a good Guesser in an Ask culture is a minor superpower.

In all human cultures, being able to read people accurately is advantageous.

(I recall reading a hypothesis or theory that our huge brains were quite specifically evolved by pressure of dealing with each other, and that this was intense enough to require even more social acuity than our otherwise politically similar chimpanzee brethren have. These things on our necks are peacocks' tails. I can't find the link, however. Anyone?)