We evolved to have that response in a world in which hospitals didn’t exist and we were constantly predated on by other animals, and ‘curl into a ball feeling like shit for a couple days’ was the most viable way for the body to handle even the most mundane of infections. But now, 21st century, we’re like ‘oh it’s just the cold’ and actively attempt to mitigate it.
A slew of other things are still stuck in 20,000BC as well, like our bodies not being able to deal with copious amounts of sugar, or thinking we might have difficulties securing our next meal. Or vasoconstriction when we’re out shoveling snow with a warm house 15ft away, all sorts of shit
We evolved to have that response in a world in which hospitals didn’t exist and we were constantly predated on by other animals, and ‘curl into a ball feeling like shit for a couple days’ was the most viable way for the body to handle even the most mundane of infections. But now, 21st century, we’re like ‘oh it’s just the cold’ and actively attempt to mitigate it.
A slew of other things are still stuck in 20,000BC as well, like our bodies not being able to deal with copious amounts of sugar, or thinking we might have difficulties securing our next meal. Or vasoconstriction when we’re out shoveling snow with a warm house 15ft away, all sorts of shit