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> I don't think disgust is "innate". Oh it is and what til you hear about couple more fears we didn't have to learn through experience: > Examples of innate f
by HighlandSpring 4y ago
> I don't think disgust is "innate".
Oh it is and what til you hear about couple more fears we didn't have to learn through experience:
> Examples of innate fear include fears that are triggered by
predators, pain, heights, rapidly approaching objects, and ancestral threats such as snakes and spiders. Animals and humans detect and respond more rapidly to threatening stimuli than to nonthreatening stimuli in the natural world.
Some adaptations are so worthwhile they get wired into our biology!
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32852735 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32852735
- prometheus76 4y agoAlso, fear of loud, sudden noises, and fear of heights/falling are very ancient and show up very early in development.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoSome fun science on babies and fear of falling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanGt1G6ScA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanGt1G6ScA