This is the question I tried to post and it wouldn't let me.
Why are we frightened of that which we don't know or don't understand?
I can understand an animal's fear of the unknown/unexpected; they don't have the intelligence to look for clues as to whether something is benevolent or malevolent.
Humans on the other hand are graced with the largest brain per mass and we should be able to rationalise such events for ourselves and yet we are still plagued by real or perceived fears.
I'm not immune to the phenomenon myself being deathly afraid of balloons and heights.
2007-07-01 05:05:30 · 17 answers · asked by elflaeda 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I am so sorry for the innane way I've started the question, it was the only way I could get it to post here and I tried a dozen ways of wording it.
2007-07-01 05:06:26 · update #1
I agree. And by the way I can understand being afraid of heights, but why balloons?
2007-07-01 05:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by definitivamente06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
were all made with a protection mechinism and fear of the unknown starts when we learn that being hurt is not a good thing, so pain causes us to look at something such as falling and thinking about being all broken up makes us not do it. going off into an unkown also makes one think of death or not returning and it also uses pain as a trigger mechinisim .
2007-07-01 05:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by prince charming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're afraid of what we don't know, for just that reason, we don't know. After we learn about, we can make a judgement about whether or not fear it, but our instincts are to be wary about the unknown, because it's safer that way.
2007-07-01 05:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by mury902 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 20:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the human mind can make us insane with no rational explanation, I agree. We are way to clever for our own purpose.
2007-07-01 05:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Jim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm actually more afraid of the stupid horrible things the people do to people.... particularly in the name of some God.
2007-07-01 20:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are frightened because we Don't know what it is and we Don't understand it.we don't have the ability to do anything about the things we are afraid of ..some get frantic ....
2007-07-01 05:11:07 · answer #7 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no problem fool yahoo is fine, now for the answer we are afraid of the un known what we can not see or help happen for me that it the uncertain of what is going to be
2007-07-01 05:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by marsh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we refuse to take the blinkers off and see the whole picture!
2007-07-01 05:20:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It got posted last time when I answered it
2007-07-01 22:45:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋