Right but you don't get in car accidents or near-accidents often. Ergo your brain becomes wired for the 99.9999999% of driving that is completely uneventful.
replyHunters are a self-selecting group of people who enjoy the activity you describe. If you don't like it or can't do it, you just don't do it.
Virtually every single adult in America has to drive, however, to live a functional life.
You are avoiding cars constantly when driving with a non-zero amount of traffic. Way more incidents than predators in the savanna while doing persistence hunting.
replyNot sure what you're arguing.
replyYour brain gets used to in-distribution events.
Car accidents (and the conditions that cause them) are out-of-distribution events.
It's that simple.
That’s not how the brain works. It is evolutionary adapted to stay alert for out of distribution events.
replyCorrect, and by the time an out of distribution event happens in a car, you are milliseconds from collision (if that).
replyMost car accidents are effectively instantaneous. The fact your brain perks up as a bumper is coming through your side window is not very helpful.