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According to official statistics, sharks represent a very a small, we can say a minor threat to human life. So why are people so afraid of these predators?
In fact, everything is simple. People are afraid of sharks because they are scared the very possibility of an unexpected, terrible death. In addition, we do not we’re just afraid of some things, we’re afraid of the very probability that these things can happen in reality, even if we understand that the chances of being eaten by a shark are negligible. Before that panic fear fades all the arguments of the mind. Although, again, According to statistics, the risk of dying due to a shark attack only 1 in 3,748,067 cases of sudden death caused by other factors. For example, the risk of sudden death from cardiovascular disease is 1 out of 5, resulting the rapid development of cancerous tumors – 1 in 7, car accidents – 1 out of 84 cases. Now compare the ratio of these risks at risk of being attacked by an aggressive shark.
In addition, people who frequent the beach during the summer months, regularly face more serious dangers than sharks. IN overall, the risk of drowning is 1 in 1,134 causes of sudden death, and death from heat stroke – 1 in 13729 cases. However, this data, don’t seem to matter to people who are panicky afraid sharks.
It turns out that fear of sharks is rooted in the brain, responsible for processing the information received. If the information causes powerful negative emotions, the brain, trying to protect the body forms a strong fear, which over time can grow into a phobia. In other words, if a person’s brain got information that sharks are dangerous, it loses its ability objective thinking in this direction. From now on for human shark is a real threat and this trend is not will change over time. That is, a person will not think more rational about sharks, even if he gets undeniable evidence that the risk of being attacked is actually Sharks are incredibly small.
Why exactly sharks? After all, there are many other predatory animals that can kill humans in much the same way like a shark. It turns out that the whole thing lies in the laziness of our brain, which easier to use “psychological shortcuts” than every time analyze the situation. This is essentially a brain trend that helps to quickly make decisions based on what has already been obtained and meaningful information. In addition, the human brain does not weigh as many risks of shark attack probability as horrors of the attack process. That eats, the prospect of being eaten alive much worse than, for example, the risk of falling asleep and never waking up. The hidden nature of shark attacks also forms in our subconscious fears and phobias. In water we feel defenseless and weak, while the shark is on its territory, hidden from our eyes by water, which automatically makes it unpredictable and very dangerous.
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