• t7tis
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    7 months ago

    It would be a evolutionary benefit to fear / avoid any person that is behaving strangely in certain distinct ways. Could be a dangerous transmittable disease, i.e. rabies etc.

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      It’s probably the entire reason people lost their shit over the idea of catching leprosy.