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On the one hand, our fear responses undoubtedly helped us survive when we had to worry about running away from big things with teeth. On the other hand, it also
by saulrh 16y ago
On the one hand, our fear responses undoubtedly helped us survive when we had to worry about running away from big things with teeth. On the other hand, it also means that uninformed, power-hungry idiots like to boost their career by destroying things that would make life better for everybody.
- woodpanel 16y agoIt's true. This fear is what created the "Defense of Depth" in the first place (It may have been the absence of it, or the none-allowance of it, that enabled tchernobyl). The ability to run when alerted by others seems to be a evolutionary proven advantage. The ability to condemn those false intended alerters I think will pay back as an advantage too.