Jul 21, 2023·edited Jul 21, 2023Liked by Erin O'Connor
Astonishing. That's real food for thought. I can certainly understand "loud noises" being pre-programmed fear, and as I think through what I know of human evolution, a programmed fear of falling may make sense in humans, too.
I'll need to mull this over a bit. It's causing me to rethink my long-held beliefs about the differences between the Old World arboreal monkeys' way of negotiating the problems of living high in trees, and the fundamentally different way the apes did/do.
I'm going to lose sleep over this, but I think I'm on to something.
"I'll have much more to say about that in my next post."
The above line, at the very end, is the one that captured me immediately on the spot!
Bravo.
Brilliant.
Forever.
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Ditto, the Title:
"A Terrifying Story is a Safe Place"
Astonishing. That's real food for thought. I can certainly understand "loud noises" being pre-programmed fear, and as I think through what I know of human evolution, a programmed fear of falling may make sense in humans, too.
I'll need to mull this over a bit. It's causing me to rethink my long-held beliefs about the differences between the Old World arboreal monkeys' way of negotiating the problems of living high in trees, and the fundamentally different way the apes did/do.
I'm going to lose sleep over this, but I think I'm on to something.
That's awesome. I want to hear so much more about this!!