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Are We Attracted to the Big Warrior Dog?
Is our stone age brain attracted to some element of a leader? Like, are we attracted to the top warrior dog, so to speak? Is that a thing? The best evidence we have is that we live in these sort of agaletarian bands for a lot of human history. But when there's a crisis, like when a rival band attacks you, it still makes sense to turn to the physically strong man who can protect the group.