The smaller the thing, the scarier it is
sharks < mosquitos < bacteria < virus
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In the US at least, this is because the smaller it is the less likely you can kill it with an assault rifle. If we can’t kill something with our assault rifles, it’s very hard for us to understand and we experience a lot of fear. Hope this helps!
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< terror ?
And yes to your observation because that's in order of ascending uncertainty. Which is why wars on nouns never end: ephemeral concept.
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Last night I was pondering the wonderful heft of sharks compared to this. Imagine being taken down by a prehistoric wall of cartilage instead of by the posthistoric Plot Against America. The dignity of teeth!
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