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Comment author: pcm 24 February 2015 04:20:54PM 2 points [-]

In many wars, those who fight get a much higher reputation than those who were expected to fight but refused. This has often translated into a reproductive advantage for those who fought. It's not obviously irrational to want that reproductive advantage or something associated with it.