Why do humans have an irrational fear of cockroaches? They are

>>2467386

who the fuck is scared of cockroaches

>>2467386
Did you mean disgust instead of fear?

>>2467386
t. urk

>>2467386
Because of irrationality. Also anything with more then 4 legs, is small and could be living in your very walls is just creepy.

>Move fast and erratically
>Many species can fly depending on where you live
>Usually a sign of a larger infestation
>Associated with other pests such as rats and ants
>Can get into food supplies and leave their shit/eggs there
>Breed quickly and are very numerous
>Starting to become resistant to common pesticides via natural selection

Whats not to hate?

Because the psychological reason for why a person fears or otherwise avoids something is not necessarily rooted in a logical pleasure/pain dichotomy. The human mind is not purely rational even most of the time and it contains dimensions that exceed the bounds of the instinctual or pragmatic.

>>2467386

Specifics don't matter, just because your conscious mind recognises the species doesn't mean your unconscious reflexes won't freak the fuck out at the possibility of getting stung.

Also perhaps at one point in history cockroaches did carry a disease that no longer exists.

>>2467416
>>Usually a sign of a larger infestation
it's literally this and anyone saying anything else is a retard

>>2467435

Don't be so certain, nature isn't so single-minded. It's most likely a mish-mash of various traits, probably even some that are unrelated to cockroaches specifically.

>>2467386
They remember the fall of constantinople via genetic memory

>>2467416
>>Many species can fly depending on where you live
Seriously, fuck that shit. Plus their egg laying is just vomit-inducing.

>>2467386

Humans probably evolved to be disgusted by appearance of species who's presence is also indicative of a health hazard.

If you're disgusted by roaches, you'll do the things necessary to keep them away. Those same things also keep an environment sanitary. A sanitary environment is an environment where premature death is less likely to occur.

Just as in the case of the lion in the bush scenario, evolution does not reward absolute rationality. It rewards rationality tempered by aversion and fear of the unknown or alien.

>>2467386

Because you're trained to hate them from early childhood. It's that simple.

>>2467386
It's not that people fear the roach itself, bur rather what it signifies. Roaches thrive in dirty places, so if you find roaches scurrying around in your kitchen, it means your kitchen is unsanitary.

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>>2467386
There's nothing irrational about disgust induced by those vermin.

>>2467386
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You don't fear or feel disgust because of ants or mosquitoes as they are much smaller. It's hard to miss the alien and bizarre details of insect anatomy when they are smaller than a pinhead. Cockroaches are large insects, they have a glossy texture that makes them shine even when dry, they have visible little hairs in their legs, they can fly around and are generally associated with nastiness.

Also, instinctual fear of insects and snakes is real, any unindentified animal or object of the certain size required that passes silently enough, quickly enough and close enough to your legs can and will activate a stress response

>>2468371
Cut down the tall trees

>>2467517
first time i laughed irl in weeks

>>2467386
Are culture has taught us cockroaches are dangerous when in fact they are not much different from dogs. We should fund programs to educate kids that these harmless creatures are not in fact dangerous and to ignore the fear mongering campaigns made by capitalists to sell pest control?

I think it's some weird fight or flight trigger, not that cockroaches are dangerous. But it's very weird how the fear has been ingrained in humans and it came to be. Since cockroaches are not historical disease carriers or a threat.

This raises an interesting point though, most central-Asian people from areas like Indonesia and the Philippines aren't as scared of cockroaches, so maybe the "cockroach fear evolutionary trait" only exists in some people, but not all.

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>>2469063
>Indonesia
>Philippines
>Central Asian

On another note this thread probably belongs on sci not his don't you think?

>>2469081
I forgot to add south to that, but upon checking a map, by the general perception of where "Central Asia" is I would still be wrong anyway, it appears central Asia leans towards the west instead of being in the middle

>>2467386
>fear

it's distaste, you don't have to fear something to hate it

>>2469081
He is an american, cut him some slack.

>>2468362
This