This is... I don't even...
There are so many things wrong here, I'm not even sure where to begin, but here are the top three:
- The theory of first impressions is not a fallacy.
- The theory of first impressions has nothing to do with Freud; it's psychology, not psychoanalysis;
- The theory of first impressions only relates to judging a person, it has nothing to do with fears or memory.
You're arguing against nothing here.
I quite literally already addressed this by stating that having prior experience can lead to a more visceral reaction. What does google have to say about what a "visceral reaction" is?
But the point you seem keen to ignore is that a prior experience/visceral reaction are not in any way necessary in order to listen to the sense of self-preservation that tells you not to go out into a hurricane. And the same thing applies to not exposing yourself to a deadly virus.A visceral reaction is an instinctive, gut-deep bodily response to a stimulus or experience. Without getting too complex, neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in our brains) determine what emotions we feel and force a physical response.
Yep, you're not fucking listening to a word. A comparison is valid or not valid depending on what aspects are being compared. Your comparison of Ebola to SARS-COV-2 was not valid in the way in which it was made. My comparison between a hurricane and a deadly virus, on the other hand, is absolutely valid in the way in which it was made.
The scope of the comparison matters immensely. Nobody is comparing the whole of a hurricane with the whole of SARS-COV-2 here. Don't be ridiculous.
You're just digging that hole deeper and deeper...
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You continuously seem to suffer from a hyperbolistic view of what a fear can entail. Fear is a spectrum with caution at one end and terror (aka "cowering" and "pissing themselves") at the other. It shows when you characterize people advocating caution as "fearmongering".
Why the fuck you go straight to "cowering and pissing yourself" I have no idea, but perhaps it says more about you than the rest of humanity.