Re: virus: To Panic Or Not ... That is the question ...
Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Thu, 02 Apr 1998 14:33:28 -0500
Lets talk about different fears. I would say that an instinctual reaction to
survive, as in a potentialy dangerous spider on the arm, or a car barreling at
you, are good examples of "SHIT - GET OUTA THE WAY" response, known as Fright,
Fight, Flight syndrome. This I suppose is fright of a different nature then
being afraid of Death, or the dark, or the boogyman - the latter being
irrational fears. I suppose for the me th"good" fear would be the fear that
insures survival at the instinctual level. After the true danger is gone, then
continued fear becomes "bad" in my opinion. The jerk your arm away from a spider
you just noticed makeds sense. To leave the room because you are still
frightened after the danger has been assessed is a problem. I would say that
since I always challenged my notion of fear since I was very young, I have
brought the line of fear reaction very close to legitimate threats. What started
as a conscious effort to understand, is now an automatic surmising of the
situation and a rational response. So far it has worked well, and I am happy to
have chosen that path.
Oh, by the way, I became an Uncle today, first new family member in 30 years -
Im excited and just had to share that, Her name is Sierra and she is a healthy
8lbs 1oz brunett.
Sodom
I have seen the light and I am it
Robin Faichney wrote:
> Nate writes
> >
> >I
> >believe Brodie described fear as a mechanism for infection ... i.e. The
> >statistic "every second another acre of Rain Forest is destroyed" infects
> >someone with an ecology meme ... but this type of infection doesn't seem as
> >serious as the more rational vectors like Eco-tourism or cost/benefit
> >analysis.
>
> But isn't fear sometimes the most appropriate response to
> a situation? Or, as I think David would put it: isn't
> fear sometimes rational?
>
> And what does "serious" mean there anyway?
> --
> Robin Faichney
> http://www.faichney.org/robin/