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One scary part of this article is that the mice also showed far less fear than normal mice...
by ylem 11y ago
One scary part of this article is that the mice also showed far less fear than normal mice...
- api 11y agoMakes me wonder if this could be the cause of the 'higher intelligence'?
- kordless 11y agoThe assumption would go along the lines of: less time worrying about getting eaten equals more time to contemplate one's own existence.
- ylem 11y agoWow, I actually got down voted on this. So, let me clarify. There's an interesting case study of a woman who does not experience fear at all due to brain damage: http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/fear-fearless-brain-emotion.htm http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/fear-fearless-bra... https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extreme-fear/201012/the-strange-lives-women-no-fear https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extreme-fear/201012/the... While on the one hand, there may be cases where a lack of fear may be beneficial (and for some people, fear may be debilitating--for example, for those suffering from PTSD)--it can often act as a useful check on dangerous impulses. So, while I'm excited by the positive potentials here, I think that one has to be aware of the potential downsides.