Ron wrote:

> In article >, "Dutch" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>"Ron" > wrote
>>
>>>"Dutch" > wrote:
>>
>> [..]
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>>>>>>I realize that there are irrational fears and fear mongers, but there
>>>>>>are
>>>>>>still real threats and animals have an instinctive aversion to
>>>>>>threats.
>>>>>>The
>>>>>>learned part is learning to identify and differentiate real threats in
>>>>>>one's
>>>>>>environment.
>>>>>
>>>>>Fear is acquired.
>>>>
>>>>By experiencing threats. Threats, when they are recognized as such, cause
>>>>instinctive fear (flight/fight), which teaches the animal to react with
>>>>avoidance in that situation in the future.
>>>
>>>This is old science.
>>
>>You don't understand any science.
>>
>>
>>>There is a third option and that is "freezing". Its
>>>pretty well documented.
>>
>>Freezing is just an alternate form of harm avoidance, the principle is the
>>same as flight.
>
>
> No. Your theory relies on the logical fallacy of the false dilemma.

No. You learned that expression from me when I
CORRECTLY pointed out your commission of the fallacy,
and now you're misusing it all over the place.

>>>The logic fallacy of the false dilemma is
>>>presented. Generalizing that X is harmful and avoiding all X is a
>>>measure of irrationality.

That is not an instance of false dilemma. You plainly
don't know your ass from your face about the topic.


>>
>>It sounds like you're smoking pot too.
>
>>>>>We learn to fear what we fear.
>>>>
>>>>Right, we learn what to fear, we don't learn fear itself, it already
>>>>exists
>>>>as one our basic emotions.
>>>
>>>From the perspective of adults and people who experience fear, we hope
>>>that this is true. It's much easier to rationalize fear when we can
>>>believe that it is innate versus learned and chosen.
>>
>>Since fear and/or aversion to harm, (aka survival instinct) is observable in
>>every living organism from a two celled plenarium to a human, it is logical
>>to conclude that it is part or our biology. The skewed bias in this analysis
>>is your dogged attachment to this notion that everything is arbitrary and
>>learned.
>
>
> Confirmation bias.

Nor do you know what that really means.

Give it up, homo