Steven D'Aprano wrote: <cut very good reasoning> I'd like to add the following:
It is an intriguing human trade to attribute emotions and reasons to things that have none. Intriguing because I haven't observed yet that it provides an advantage, but it happens so often that I can't exclude it either.
I find that evolution makes more sense _to_me_ if I see it in the following perspective: If something can happen, it will happen, if there is a higher chance something can happen more often, then it will happen more often, though not necessaryly at the time the observer expects it
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