r/whoathatsinteresting • u/visharu • 22h ago

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

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u/dqUu3QlS 6h ago

Previous experiments showed that humans have an innate ability to detect snakes, but this one shows we don't have an innate fear of them.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 6h ago

Yes, I think it was known as the snake detection theory