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Re:Parasitic worms 'manipulate' mantises onto asphalt roads,... by withinboredom on Saturday January 04, 2025 @01:52PM (#42596778)
I think you've gotten fear confused with panic. Fear is indeed a learned behavior, panic is not. Panic is beyond rational thinking, it is what gets people who save drowning people dead. Panic is what gets normal humans dead when in bad situations. Panic is not learned, it saves your ass at all costs -- or gets you killed.
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Re:Parasitic worms 'manipulate' mantises onto asphalt roads,... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday January 04, 2025 @04:02PM (#42597661)
> think you've gotten fear confused with panic

They’re just wrong. Neither panic nor fear is learned behaviour. What one panics about or fears is in part learned. But there is still a lot of instinct at play.

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