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It's Only Natural
Wes Nisker learns the wisdom of fear.
Fear is perfectly natural, with its roots lying deep in the survival instinct. All living beings, from the simplest amoeba to some of the most realized beings on the planet, will have some form of aversive reaction to external threats.
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