Friday, April 20, 2007
Fear and Evolution and today´s demonstrations
this is my reaction to this blog
http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2007/04/theology-and-evolutionary-psychology_19.html
FEAR OF CARS
Excellent ideas on evolutionary psychology and evolution but I would like to oppose a bit as far as the fear of cars is concerned. Your question was not a proper one, or the people did not tell the truth.
Drivers are afraid of cars, but not of sedans, they are afraid of huge trucks. This fear of huge trucks is bigger in females than males, though even males are afraid of huge trucks sometimes.
The reason here is also evolutionary one and one of the absolutely basic reasons for fear: the size and the speed. Because we all are only biological organisms and we live according to pattern “eat or be eaten” and “fight or flight”, the size of something approaching plus the speed of approaching was a good signal for “fight or flight”.
The size of huge truck makes some people feel the fear of it, and this fear was developed as a warning signal, because if something is bigger than me I should flee and if it can develop higher speed than I can I am really in bad trouble.
Think of this - most probably first –warning signals which are size and speed, and therefore when people say they are not afraid of cars, they do not say the full truth.
http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2007/04/theology-and-evolutionary-psychology_19.html
FEAR OF CARS
Excellent ideas on evolutionary psychology and evolution but I would like to oppose a bit as far as the fear of cars is concerned. Your question was not a proper one, or the people did not tell the truth.
Drivers are afraid of cars, but not of sedans, they are afraid of huge trucks. This fear of huge trucks is bigger in females than males, though even males are afraid of huge trucks sometimes.
The reason here is also evolutionary one and one of the absolutely basic reasons for fear: the size and the speed. Because we all are only biological organisms and we live according to pattern “eat or be eaten” and “fight or flight”, the size of something approaching plus the speed of approaching was a good signal for “fight or flight”.
The size of huge truck makes some people feel the fear of it, and this fear was developed as a warning signal, because if something is bigger than me I should flee and if it can develop higher speed than I can I am really in bad trouble.
Think of this - most probably first –warning signals which are size and speed, and therefore when people say they are not afraid of cars, they do not say the full truth.
# posted by Dalibor @ 1:13 AM 
