2006-11-25 02:42:51 · 11 answers · asked by adam 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Other - Alternative
There is an evolutionary advantage to fearing the unknown... or at least being prudent when encountering something unknown. Knowledge is safety... it allows you to discern whether something is dangerous or not. An "unknown" is something that could potentially kill you. In prehistoric times, an instinctive fear of the unknown would keep a child safe inside the cave at night away from the saber-toothed tigers - hence, this gene trait would continue to be passed on.
2006-11-25 03:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by opifan64 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
We fear the unknown because it is our natural reaction to fear what we don't know or control. The unknown is not something we can manipulate to our personal preference, so we fear it because it could possibly do harm. The fear is always coupled with curiosity, therefore spawning discovery
2006-11-25 15:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The unknown is something we fear because we are not familiar with it. We feel relaxed at home because we know that it poses no threat to our well-being; however, we are not comfortable in situations that we are not familiar with. For example, your natural instincts make you fear high school as an anxious soon-to-be freshman because you know you are leaving what you knew and what you were comfortable with, and you are venturing out to what you do not know. You fear it because you are not sure what to expect, and it's as if you are fearing something you don't know yet, but you are fearing what you think it will become.
2006-11-26 12:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by void 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Unknown is a phantom. It has no gender and takes any and all forms. It comes to each of us differently and is never recognized until it is too late. It can be a shadow or a multiplication problem; a new address or the taste of avocado. Once it shows itself, it becomes the known and loses its power to bring fear to our hearts.
2006-11-26 15:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only unknown I fear is a blind date
2016-03-12 23:08:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You fear the unknown because you are resistant to change, therefor you stay in what is comfortable to you. Some people welcome change which makes them more of the type that does not fear the unknown.
2006-11-27 06:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is easier to fear than it is to strive to understand. In order to learn and fully understand, we first have to battle our own fears, if you overcome fear, you live for the unknown.
2006-11-27 04:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by b.y.o.b. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well becoz itz unknown....we don't know if itz going to b good or bad...but we just take it for granted that its probably going to be bad...itz like when u walk into a dark room in a new place....u know that if u dont walk carefully u'll probably going to trip and fall.....so ur scared u'll get hurt be coz u dont know where what is..but if u were in ur own room u could find ur way around without any problem weather it was dark or no...
2006-11-25 02:56:09 · answer #8 · answered by Tower Of Babel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we afraid we won't know how to protect and defend ourselves. With the known, we know its tactics and how to deal with it, but with the unknown, we dont even know if we're capable of protecting ourselves from it.
2006-11-25 17:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by star 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't fear it until you mentioned it.
Now I'm worried.
2006-11-26 22:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by Labsci 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋