For the scientific minded there's no way around the fact that we're material beings that evolve. Every last detail about our bodies arose from conditional pressures that made us a certain way. So what I wonder is if it's possible that our brains have evolved in a way that tend to give us a greater sense of freedom and positive day-to-day emotions, or at least a fine balance between negative and positive emotions. The theory of 'a feeling of freedom' might be a bit tenuous, but I definitely think that people who tend to feel more positive would be more likely to find mates and reproduce.
I used to believe that people tended to be negative more often than they are positive as an evolutionary adaptation, but I think my own outlook on life at the time skewed my perspective. Now I'm closer to a camp that feels that, while people suffer, the lives of most people out there tend to be completely fine, most of the time, even if sub-consciously.
I used to believe that people tended to be negative more often than they are positive as an evolutionary adaptation, but I think my own outlook on life at the time skewed my perspective. Now I'm closer to a camp that feels that, while people suffer, the lives of most people out there tend to be completely fine, most of the time, even if sub-consciously.