Do you agree?

Question

"It is natural for humans to fear what they do not understand. So to be brave or courageous is to attempt to understand our surroundings." -Kimberly Connolly

Do you agree?

Answer 1

To a certain degree, yes. Fear is not always a bad thing. Fear may keep me from driving my car too fast, or cutting down a dark alley, or investing all of my money in a single stock. Remove the fear from these situations and I could be looking a death, rape, or bankruptcy. Being brave and courageous in those situations is not going to help. That said, I think the world would be a little bit better place if we took a little time to try to understand things before we decide to fear them out of nothing more than convenience. Good Question.

Answer 2

Do I agree with the first sentence? Yes.
Do I agree with the leap made in the second sentence? No.
To be brave or courageous is to act-recklessly-against huge odds, in order to attempt to defy the natural laws, which is a great risk, OR a conscious act to lay down ones life for something one values more than ones own life.
Never much time to be brave or courageous in an attempt to process, much less understand, ones surroundings! You will either instinctively react bravely or not, depending on what your values are.This I believe.

Answer 3

In principle. It's more intelligent to attempt, but only if it is prudent. Negatively reacting to fear cannot be presupposed as unwise if we have no basis for believing that what we fear should not be. The reaction we give to fear is contingent on who we are as individuals (what we presumably will do), how we should be as individuals (what we presumably should be in principle), and what we must be as a matter of self preservation (what we presumably have to be).

The classic story of the kindly extraterrestrials that were deceptively kind only in an attempt to eat the family demonstrates very well the naiveness of blind trust.

However, violence without some rational basis in circumstances is still ethically wrong.

Answer 4

Interesting

Answer 5

I agree, but not with "to be brave and courageous" part necessarily. I think it is more of intriguiness and passion for knowledge, a receptive and captive nature. Once one learns what is unknown to him, he fears no more, and he is cautious on how to approach, but not necessarily with a brave aspect...

Answer 6

Usually, that is true, just don't forget that the correct response, sometimes, is fear. It's why we don't touch the flames, or run the sandblaster over our skin instead of showering, or venture down dark allies by ourselves. What feels like fear is sometimes simple self preservation.

Answer 7

yes. I think I agree. because if you want to face your fear. you'll have to face it sooner or later. And to do that you have to be brave. I mean, I truly Agree.

Answer 8

Definetly! I think it is sad though b/c a lot of people don't attempt to understand, therefore remain to be scared of the unknown...

Answer 9

No. Being brave is to hide our fear. Fear can be extinquished with knowledge, not bravery, machissimo, or whatever you want to call it.

Answer 10

Yes,i agree.