Replying to LO26279 --
> Here we see that many news items appear to disgust us, yet may be the
>result of our fundamental alarmist biological heritage. ... it would
>appear that our present day obsessions were extremely important to our
>early survival and are of strong biological origin.
Welcome to 'evolutionary psychology'! Why do most people look downwards
while walking? Because, as arboreal mammals, their forefathers (and
foremothers) lived with the perpetual fear of falling from the boughs they
straddled.
What these explanations overlook is the enormous 'degrees of freedom' in
behaviour. For example, one who walks looking downwards can also look
upwards when something interesting happens up there!
DP
Prof. D. P. Dash
India
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