omalleyt comments on The Gift We Give To Tomorrow - Less Wrong

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Comment author: omalleyt 22 September 2016 04:56:22AM 0 points [-]

Most things humans like are super-colorful. Colorful things were probably a good sign of fertile land or some other desirable thing. As to the stars, don't you think the guy who looks up every night and likes what he sees is gonna have a better, more productive life then the guy who looks up and grimaces?