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naasking on March 21, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: If the heart is a muscle, why doesn't it ever get ...

> It doesn't because it can't. Any hearts that got tired died, and their owners did not reproduce.

They're asking why the heart can't get tired. You answered why we evolved such that the heart can't get tired, which is not the same question.

downerending on March 21, 2020 [–]

True. My answer was more of a cri de coeur.

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