If humans can go weeks without eating, why do we eat 3 times a day?
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If people were like cars, then going a while without “fueling up” would make sense.
So, let’s think if cars were more like people. Instead of the gas being used only when the car is on and driving, gas is being used all the time. After a lot of mishaps where people would get in their cars after a few days of non-use, only to find the car out of gas… eventually people would demand the car alert the owner whenever it had gone some time without gas.
Let’s make cars be even more like people: if the gas is not full, then some functions of the car degrade. You’re not able to turn on the AC or the radio when it’s down a quarter tank; at half a tank, your brakes may be weaker, increasing the risk of a crash.
Our bodies evolved the same way; it’s not going to just warn you when you’re only a few hours away from starving to death, it’s going to bug you periodically with hunger pangs and there’s going to be problems if you don’t react to them by seeking a meal.
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