"I am doing this to prove that I have no irrational fear of lions anymore."
This is an actual quote from a Canadian woman who had survived a vicious lion attack. What makes this motive so extremely stupid is that fear of large predators is not irrational - especially when one had already been attacked by one. The normal, rational, intelligent reaction to surviving such an attack is to STAY AWAY from such animals in the future. Instead, she wants to "face her fears" or some such nonsense.
There is nothing wrong with being fearful of certain things, simply because recognizing dangers and avoiding them is an integral part of survival. Whoever doesn't understand this is an imbecile. Only dumb and/or very confused people actually believe that they can "conquer" all their fears or subdue all of nature. The real world however doesn't work this way, not even close.
This is an actual quote from a Canadian woman who had survived a vicious lion attack. What makes this motive so extremely stupid is that fear of large predators is not irrational - especially when one had already been attacked by one. The normal, rational, intelligent reaction to surviving such an attack is to STAY AWAY from such animals in the future. Instead, she wants to "face her fears" or some such nonsense.
There is nothing wrong with being fearful of certain things, simply because recognizing dangers and avoiding them is an integral part of survival. Whoever doesn't understand this is an imbecile. Only dumb and/or very confused people actually believe that they can "conquer" all their fears or subdue all of nature. The real world however doesn't work this way, not even close.