What would aliens think if they leaned we evolved fear as a survival mechanism, but we intentionally seek out situations that trigger our fear response, for fun?
My guess would be that after we get scared the brain goes “good job, you survived, here’s some endorphins”. That way we enjoy getting scared because happiness follows
Source: none.
SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Do you know what’s worse than stimulating your fear response? Stimulating your anger response. And millions of people choose do that daily in their interactions with social media.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
HOW DARE YOU 😉
sxan@midwest.social 1 week ago
I’m afraid you’ve angered me, Sir!
emax_gomax@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I take offence to this. We duel at dawn! /s