Coltan Scrivner

Most of the things that happened to us are because we live in communities and for most of our history lived in small, tight-knit communities.

The good things and the bad things that happened to us often involved other people.

So it makes sense that we would have this bias to kind of think that if a misfortunate thing happened to me, maybe someone else did it.

Yes.

And maybe they're really powerful because I didn't see them do it.

Yeah, we use that as a way to just try to explain it and then get a grasp on it.

So, okay, here's something that it could be.

Now, what can I do about that?

That's how we develop rituals around these things and all sorts of crazy beliefs.

I mean, that's what a conspiracy is, is someone plotting to harm you.

True crime and conspiracies would be the two major media examples.

Yes, there's the data back that up.

So true crime in particular, women tend to not only seek it out more, but enjoy it more and enjoy specific scenes sometimes more than men.

So one of the questions I get a lot is, are humans the only morbidly curious creatures, right?

Are we the only ones that are like that?

Is that a unique human trait?

And the answer is yes and no.

No, we're not the only creatures that are morbidly curious, but yes, we have a very unique flavor of it.

So one of the best examples of morbid curiosity in animals would be predator inspection.

So prey animals, let's say a gazelle or a zebra.