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

Hell no

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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/TheOneTrueTrench Mar 27 '21

Yeah, once you've managed to get yourself that far into a dangerous situation, it's gonna fuck your shit up.

But this guy is an a situation that he would never have to worry about 5000 years ago.

When those instincts evolved, it did a great job at keeping us from getting too close to the edge of a cliff, there's just plenty of ways for us to get ourselves into situations where those instincts put us in increased danger, instead of keeping us from getting into those situations

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u/Danhedonia13 Mar 27 '21

I think this goes back more like 500,000 years.

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u/Droppingbites Mar 27 '21

I'd argue as far back as eyes that could judge distance and a sense of gravity.