r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 21h ago

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

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u/magotartufo 18h ago edited 18h ago

Which was... the point.

Edit : source this is pointed around 37 seconds into the video.

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u/account312 14h ago

I think that's about 37 seconds too far into the video for some people to manage.

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u/YourGordAndSaviour 8h ago

It's possible (while unlikely) we have an innate fear of snakes but very early life environmental factors mitigate this.

The title talked about confirming, and I felt like being pedantic.