…or our fear of reptiles and reptiloids is just evolutionary:
«Washburn has reported that infant baboons and other young primates appear to be born with only three inborn fears -of falling, snakes, and the dark-corresponding respectively to the dangers posed by Newtonian gravitation to tree-dwellers, by our ancient enemies the reptiles, and by mammalian nocturnal predators, which must have been particularly terrifying for the visually oriented primates.»
― Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
I have been reading about Biblical history, it is kind of disturbing.
feathery serpents with spaceships....and an intent to colonize?
…or our fear of reptiles and reptiloids is just evolutionary:
«Washburn has reported that infant baboons and other young primates appear to be born with only three inborn fears -of falling, snakes, and the dark-corresponding respectively to the dangers posed by Newtonian gravitation to tree-dwellers, by our ancient enemies the reptiles, and by mammalian nocturnal predators, which must have been particularly terrifying for the visually oriented primates.»
― Carl Sagan, The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Yes. Fear of spooky eyes in the dark is fairly innate also.
Makes me cringe just thinking about it
Where Anglo's fear to tread.
P.S. My declining eyesight appreciates the high rez. 🌝
Here be dragons. In the end, it is We The People who will be the dragons.
*cracKleSpak*
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...uh, sir, we have detected
another meta-syntax threader
on some-stack.
Yes, we double checked.
Procedure nine? Sir,
I don't even like to handle that much lsd...
ok,ok, no need for threats...
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(begs rat for italics)
Thar be mystic cults worshipping daemons who are secretly laughing at them!