Loneliness is a public health risk on the order of smoking and obesity, so that it has similar kinds of risks. People who are better at making, creating, maintaining, nurturing relationships are better off procreating. So if they can live longer, they can procreate more. It's hard to prove these kinds of genetic arguments, but that's the argument and I believe it.

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