[ExI] anger

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] anger

 

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 3:03 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

>> I don’t see how fear and anger are opposite.

 

>…If you suddenly spot a dangerous threat Evolution gave you two options, get angry, run towards it and fight it, or become fearful, run in the opposite direction and hide from it.

 

John K Clark

 

 

Of course, but with the same adrenaline rush either way.  In the case of an adversary, one can have both anger and fear simultaneously, and usually we do.

 

spike

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