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To what extent are our fears innate? When we hatch goose eggsin an incubator, and then, above the baby birdspass a form simulating a goose in flight the birds stretchtheir necks and call out But if we invert the directionof the silhouette, it conjures the shapeof a falcon. The response of the baby birdsis immediate. They will crouch and fear, thoughthey've never before seen a falcon. Without any instruction, an innate fearhelps them to survive. But in humans... to what ancient dangers... might our innate fears correspond?
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To what extent are our fears innate
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When we hatch goose eggs in an incubator
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and then above the baby birds pass a form simulating a goose in flight
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the birds stretch their necks and call out
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But if we invert the direction of the silhouette
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it conjures the shape of a falcon
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The response of the baby birds is immediate
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They will crouch and fear though they've never before seen a falcon
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Without any instruction
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an innate fear helps them to survive
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But in humans
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to what ancient dangers
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might our innate fears correspond
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Movie Summary
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
