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Stories about changelings replacing babies and the recommended course of action being basically to expose the child is not a human universal, they are found only in European cultures. These rely more heavily on guilt and less on shame to regulate behavior than most other human societies. This may not be a coincidence. The stories may represent a ready made rationalization to reduce guilt from infanticide. Only common problems acquire common solutions like this.
Will you reverse your downvote? Also if I may ask when did writing a summary for a post, a link post even become a LW norm?
I don't know, but it kind of does seem to be a norm. Orthogonally, though, when did it become a norm that you should only downvote things that violate LW norms, as opposed to things that violate rules that you want to be norms?
Sure, downvote removed. And, while writing a summary may not be a norm, it ought to be, and I try to do my part in nudging the forum in that direction.
Just wanted to check because I've been inactive for a while.