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re: Why do we watch sports?
Posted on 8/1/20 at 7:34 am to LSUFreek
Posted on 8/1/20 at 7:34 am to LSUFreek
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But even singing was basically an evolved competition for a fair-maiden's attention, as the Troubadour's did, in medieval 11th century.
You’re overthinking this. People were singing thousands of years before that.
It’s not primarily about fricking. I do think sports teaches you useful skills that help later on: commitment, teamwork, perseverance. So I could see that a community that valued sports would be more successful and might have an evolutionary advantage.
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Posted on 8/1/20 at 7:55 am to Poker_hog
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It's not primarily about fricking
Agreed, as I said in the OP, it's not only sex but also about power, money, land/resources and whatever ever the battle was over.
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sport teaches you useful skills
But I'm not talking about the participants who benefit, just the voyeuers.
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a community that valued sports
Yeah, I'm leaning towards tribalism as the best answer, too.
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an evolutionary advantage
..for sex, power, money, land, resources.
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