Fear of the Unknown
Comments in this cluster discuss how fear, especially irrational fear of unfamiliar or misunderstood things, drives human behavior and reactions more than rational assessment of actual risks.
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It's because people are afraid. Fear is not perfectly rational.
People fear what they don't understand.
Illustrates again that people are afraid of what's scary, not what's likely to actually happen.
People fear that which they don’t understand.
People are often scared of things they don't understand.
Fear mongering. Let people live their lives.
Your assumption that the fear does no harm is wrong.
Thank you for this. People just look for reasons to be afraid.
It is an unfortunate thing that fear is such a strong driver.
Fear has overridden the rational mind of many people in the current period.