What would aliens think if they leaned we evolved fear as a survival mechanism, but we intentionally seek out situations that trigger our fear response, for fun?

Horror movies, extreme sports, thrill-seeking, it’s all weird.

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Changed the title and added an extra line to make it clear I’m talking about the fear response, and not specifically about extreme sports

  • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is actually really funny because I think Michael Knowles talked about this exact same thing either 2 or 3 days ago. The conclusion was: we have these instincts. Some people just really like exercising them, and others, they’re exercising fear/horror/disgust in a safe, controlled environment because that helps to prepare them for the fears, horrors, disgust they’ll face in real life.

    Not that they’re thinking that consciously. But subconsciously.