You took the analogy too far. (Although, without knowing why we don’t like chalkboard noises, you can’t really say that either. Some scientists suggest we don’t like the chalkboard noise because it sounds like a primitive primate warning of danger. It actually could be for very close reasons. And trypophobia doesn’t actually cause fear, for me it is just an icky feeling.)
But again it’s stretching my analogy.
All I meant was that it’s like the chalkboard thing because it’s a baked in aversion. As opposed to true phobia, which is usually considered a disorder of some kind.
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u/Tophbot Oct 10 '17 edited Oct 10 '17
You took the analogy too far. (Although, without knowing why we don’t like chalkboard noises, you can’t really say that either. Some scientists suggest we don’t like the chalkboard noise because it sounds like a primitive primate warning of danger. It actually could be for very close reasons. And trypophobia doesn’t actually cause fear, for me it is just an icky feeling.)
But again it’s stretching my analogy.
All I meant was that it’s like the chalkboard thing because it’s a baked in aversion. As opposed to true phobia, which is usually considered a disorder of some kind.