Re: poly: Why Oldies Stations?

Perry writes:
>Its hard to know whether or not it has an evolutionary purpose per
>se, given that our distant ancestors tended to die in their 20s
>anyway.

Good point, but I think enough people lived to 30 to have selected
for differences in behavior between people in their teens and those
in their late twenties. And this behavior is different between
those two ages.

Robin Hanson
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Received on Fri Apr 3 19:00:06 1998