why are so many people afraid of the dark or say that ghosts come out at night?

Question

my belief is that before we had fire we sat aroung in the dark for a million years afraid because those nocturnal meat eating animals killed us in our sleep and its been passed down through evolution as part of our being

Answer 1

Darkness equates to uncertainty. People's visions are impaired when there is lack of light. Overcome the fear, people will not be afraid. That's why we invented lighting devices.

Answer 2

I'm afraid of the dark. I know the reason. I am afraid of being alone. I know the reason for that too- it has to do with childhood.

Answer 3

I totally agree. Fear of the dark, and the creepy-crawlies that lurk within it, is completely instinctive and originated so long ago that we legitimately feared becoming some critter's midnight snack!

Answer 4

People are afraid of the dark because they can't see anything.

Answer 5

Because in the dark, you cannot see stuff. So whatever's out there is unknown. And it is human nature to fear the unknown.

Answer 6

i beleive its because we cannot see what is there when it is dark, so when we are in the dark we may think there is something there waiting to kill us or something.

Answer 7

I believe that this primal fear is the result of darkness entering humanity because of the fall.

Answer 8

We didn't have fire for millions of years? I was unaware o.O

Answer 9

a void (our perception of darkness) has no content, and we are able to project all of our inner fears onto it.

Answer 10

cuz theyre wicked demons and youre talking about kids