So, I've been think about evolutionary stuff, and how smiles are universal.
I wonder if anyone has looked into if smiles are nature's way of making us not kill our infants.
Right about the point of peak misery - 8 - 12 weeks - that needy, thankless thing starts smiling at you. And your heart goes "aww...now I know why people put up with this".
It's like a Moro reflex that worked to make others not want to kill you for all the apes' lives, so it's carried on as a life long reflex.
I wonder if anyone has looked into if smiles are nature's way of making us not kill our infants.
Right about the point of peak misery - 8 - 12 weeks - that needy, thankless thing starts smiling at you. And your heart goes "aww...now I know why people put up with this".
It's like a Moro reflex that worked to make others not want to kill you for all the apes' lives, so it's carried on as a life long reflex.
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