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by bawolff 1188 days ago
I don't really think that's a good counterexample

News of bad event could directly impinge survival. News of a good thing happening to someone far away does not really improve comfort and stability.

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News of a bad thing happening to someone far away does not really impact survival as well.

The point was not about providing a good counter-example. I wanted to show that when one hand-waves away a behavoiur to an abstract selection criteria, one can easily come up with criteria that contradicts that notion.