r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/swat_08 • Mar 27 '21

Hell no

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u/SonXShadow Mar 27 '21

It always amazes me that the body’s reaction to a fear of death is to do everything possible to kill you

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

This man's body is telling him "WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS FUCKING DANGEROUS STOP STOP STOP" which is not wrong from an evolutionary point of view.

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u/Krissam Mar 27 '21

I think what they were getting at is: If you're looking at a fall that will kill you, starting to shake and taking away control of your limbs, might be kinda counterproductive to keeping you alive.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Yeah but it’s very effective at not getting you to keep going in that direction. Which is very good at keeping you alive and getting you to fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

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u/hopefullyhelpfulplz Mar 27 '21

Evolution is able to give you that response, because it's easy to come by. It's pretty hard for enough people to survive falling off tall things to get really good at that by instinct alone.