Ever Been Shit-Scared ...

[Eddie Teach]

Every time I look into the pot afterwards.

[mongers]

Apparently we know this instinctivly as well. That pod of killer whales attacking the herring under the boat I was in freaked the living shit out of me.. but, I wasn't afraid of being eaten if I fell over board, I was afraid of being knocked off the boat by a collision and accidentally stunned by a bait ball bash or a collision with a whale and drowning/freezing.

I think you have a point there.  My parents had pictures of me playing in the ocean as a small child with the dorsal fins of a pod of Orca in the background.  I was looking at them but had no fear.  Neither apparantly did my parents as they took the time to snap the photos.

These associations must be hardwired in us somehow over mellenia of living near eachother.

Fear of snakes is not learned. We know this by instinct. The same presumably applies to sharks. Remember, dolphins are as big, as dangerous and much smarter than sharks but we do not fear them. Sea world doesn't have many people swimming with sharks.

It is? 

[garbon]

Apparently we know this instinctivly as well. That pod of killer whales attacking the herring under the boat I was in freaked the living shit out of me.. but, I wasn't afraid of being eaten if I fell over board, I was afraid of being knocked off the boat by a collision and accidentally stunned by a bait ball bash or a collision with a whale and drowning/freezing.

I think you have a point there.  My parents had pictures of me playing in the ocean as a small child with the dorsal fins of a pod of Orca in the background.  I was looking at them but had no fear.  Neither apparantly did my parents as they took the time to snap the photos.

These associations must be hardwired in us somehow over mellenia of living near eachother.

Fear of snakes is not learned. We know this by instinct. The same presumably applies to sharks. Remember, dolphins are as big, as dangerous and much smarter than sharks but we do not fear them. Sea world doesn't have many people swimming with sharks.

It is? 

So what is the deal then with people who aren't afraid of snakes?

[Malthus]

I'm not particularly afraid of snakes, though I've learned, the hard way, not to pick up garter snakes.

[They may not have an effective bite, but they shit a terrible smelling poop on you as a defence mechanism]

[mongers]

Apparently we know this instinctivly as well. That pod of killer whales attacking the herring under the boat I was in freaked the living shit out of me.. but, I wasn't afraid of being eaten if I fell over board, I was afraid of being knocked off the boat by a collision and accidentally stunned by a bait ball bash or a collision with a whale and drowning/freezing.

I think you have a point there.  My parents had pictures of me playing in the ocean as a small child with the dorsal fins of a pod of Orca in the background.  I was looking at them but had no fear.  Neither apparantly did my parents as they took the time to snap the photos.

These associations must be hardwired in us somehow over mellenia of living near eachother.

Fear of snakes is not learned. We know this by instinct. The same presumably applies to sharks. Remember, dolphins are as big, as dangerous and much smarter than sharks but we do not fear them. Sea world doesn't have many people swimming with sharks.

It is? 

So what is the deal then with people who aren't afraid of snakes?

That was my point.

[Ideologue]

Wait, so Raz was wrong about something that happens outside of the four walls of his house?

[Admiral Yi]

The first time I saw a possum i thought it was a 25 pound rat.

[mongers]

Nothing has ever really scared me; on a few occasions, some time later I thought "Oh that was a bit close/hairy", but no. 

[Razgovory]

Wait, so Raz was wrong about something that happens outside of the four walls of his house?

Nope.