Good_Burning_Plastic comments on Dunbar's Function - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mjk1093 22 April 2016 06:30:07PM 1 point [-]

(Just like our instincts expect that sugar goes with vitamins.)

We have the instinct to consume sugar because it is the most concentrated form of energy that humans can process, not because it is naturally paired with vitamins.

Comment author: Lumifer 22 April 2016 07:21:56PM *  3 points [-]

sugar ... is the most concentrated form of energy that humans can process

That's obviously false. Counterexample: fat.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 23 April 2016 10:40:24AM *  0 points [-]

Fat does have more calories per gram than sugar, but I think sugar has more calories per cubic centimeter. (Not that I think that this one is the reason why it is more pleasurable to eat sugar than fat for most people.)

Comment author: Desrtopa 23 April 2016 06:40:34PM 0 points [-]

Sugar crystal is about 1.5 grams per ml, while human fat is about .9 grams per ml, but fat has more than twice the calories per gram.

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