Evolution has hidden post-hypnotic
suggestions in your behavior. You may think you're the absolute
master of your emotions, but that whole "consciousness" thing is just a
thin scraping of self-awareness over a huge network of evolved drives
and compulsions. If you can honestly say you're not affected by your
subconscious wiring then we're flattered, because we didn't think any
Buddhas read this site
Wild monkeys are deathly afraid of snakes - to the
point where they'll starve to death rather than reach across even a
fake snake to get food. Since learning this fear by experience is a
literally short-lived solution, this fear was thought to be
hereditary. Monkeys born in captivity exhibited no such fear, however,
which seemed to hole the hereditary idea - until Mineka got together
some primates for the ultimate horror movie.
showing some
monkeys footage of a wild monkey utterly terrified of snakes, she
triggered the same hysterical responses in those who had never seen the
object of fear
clipped from: www.dailygalaxy.com