Eric Weiner Quotes

The Naturalist E. O. Wilson Gave A Name To This Warm, Fuzzy Feeling I'm Experiencing: Biophilia. He Defined It As "the Innately Emotional Affiliation Of Human Beings To Other Living Organisms." Wilson Argued That Our Connection To Nature Is Deeply Ingrained In Our Evolutionary Past. That Connection Isn't Always Positive. Take Snakes, For Instance. The Chances Of Encountering A Snake, Let Alone Dying From A Snakebite, Are Extraordinarily Remote. Yet Modern Humans Continue To Fear Snakes Even More, Studies Have Found, Than Car Accidents Or Homicide Or Any Of The Dozens Of Other More Plausible Ways We Might Meet Our Demise. The Fear Of Snakes Resides Deep In Our Primitive Brain. The Fear Of The Long Island Expressway, While Not Insignificant, Was Added Much More Recently.

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