iamcobolt comments on real life sample: why am I so scarred of roller coasters - Less Wrong

2 Post author: MartinB 02 June 2011 10:34PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 June 2011 06:43:41AM *  -2 points [-]

while the feer of rollor costars is not rational the feer of falling is quite rational studies have shown that People are born with a fear of heights. Historically a fear of heights keept us alive around objects like cliffs and i'd imagine trees as well.