I have a healthy respect for the adaptive aspects of fear. However, we do need an explanation for the scale and prevalence of irrational paranoia.
The picture of an ancestral water hole surrounded by predators helps us to understand the origins of the phenomenon. The ancestral environment was a dangerous and nasty place where people led short, brutish lives. There, living in constant fear made sense.
I have a healthy respect for the adaptive aspects of fear. However, we do need an explanation for the scale and prevalence of irrational paranoia.
The picture of an ancestral water hole surrounded by predators helps us to understand the origins of the phenomenon. The ancestral environment was a dangerous and nasty place where people led short, brutish lives. There, living in constant fear made sense.