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Most of the article doesn't really connect with the title/subject. The most promising statement is 'A lot of people see parents/friends react badly and therefo
by darklajid 12y ago
Most of the article doesn't really connect with the title/subject.
The most promising statement is 'A lot of people see parents/friends react badly and therefor consider roaches = bad', but .. that's it. The rest is a not all to bad story about a person trying to control her irrational fear of these insects by confronting it. Nothing general. No science.
(Me? I've never even SEEN cockroaches before I moved to Tel Aviv for a year and there I was greeted by dead ones on the day I moved in, live ones the day after and from then on.. I admit that it DID take some time to not jump around in circles, mostly due to the size and the 'fearlessness' and swiftness of these things. In the end they became nothing but a nuisance. Ugly, unwanted, but no big deal really)
- aaron695 12y agoYes, I was disappointed. The title implies genetics rather than environment. Which is an interesting question. The fact people can learn fear is not very interesting. I feel snakes for instance are a genetic fear. Large animals fear them, which makes no sense unless they are personally bitten and learn. Although perhaps enough in a herd get bitten to teach the others.