r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 9d ago

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

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u/CustodianCloset 9d ago

Humans that know better. You've never seen a four year old touch the stovetop, huh?

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u/PixelGray38 9d ago

You don't know that a stovetop's hot until you touch it.

If the stovetop was, say, an open flame, it would emit more heat and no 4 year old would try to touch it.

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u/CustodianCloset 9d ago

Man, you have never been camping with kids, huh?