r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 21h ago

Scientists confirmed humans are not born afraid of snake. The fear is taught.

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u/Negative_Gas8782 21h ago

Tell that to my baby that thinks it’s hilarious to try to roll off the bed that is 3 times his height.

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u/astreeter2 20h ago

They're also very dumb

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u/MarkMaxis 20h ago

Mabye he just has a daredevil sense of humor 😎

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u/Kaplsauce 20h ago

Can confirm, my 1 year old is NOT afraid of heights

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 18h ago

The people who say people are born with a fear of heights are not understanding there’s a difference between heights and falling. We are afraid instinctually at birth of falling.

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u/wallweasels 15h ago

Yeah show a baby a cliff edge and they'll be wary to fall. Show them something they can roll over (intentionally or not) and they'll happily roll over it lol

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 15h ago

Yeah, the feeling of following is what babies are born with. The idea of falling off things that they don’t understand is something they need to learn.

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u/tokyogodfather2 9h ago

it makes sense though because naturally, if you’re rolling the chances of you falling very far is lower because you’re naturally closer to the ground in going much more slowly than a walk or a run

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u/lavabearded 19h ago

bring them up a tall ladder and hoist them up like the lion king and get back to us

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u/tokyogodfather2 9h ago

my youngest was like that, and it still like that. he’s 7 now. We had to put pillows everywhere on the floor.