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The Size Of Our Social Circle Affects The Level Of Threat We Feel

April 12, 2012 by

Humans' fear level toward threats is associated with the typical size of our social circles, according to a report published in the open access journal PLoS ONE. People fear threats that would kill 100 people more than those that would kill 10 people, but equally fear those that would kill either 100 or 1,000 people, the authors report...

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