Josh Clark
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Hey, and welcome to the short stuff.
I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and Jerry's here too, sitting in for a day.
And this is Stuff You Should Know.
And we're here to answer a perennial question that everyone wants to know.
Just why in the gosh darn heck do we make ourselves scared on purpose?
you're starting to look old.
Oh, okay.
That's going to scare you more.
Yeah.
Well, you overcame a fear, a real threat.
And like, yeah, we all know anecdotally or personally why
But like if you step back and look at it from a rational standpoint, it makes zero sense whatsoever.
Like we're purposefully stimulating what's meant to be like an unpleasant experience, unpleasant response in ourselves.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Right.
So you got that.
And fear is about something jumping out right in front of your face.
It's about like an immediate threat to your well-being, maybe your life.