Dr. Ted Stankowich

But larger brains, that's the way out of it, right?

So the bigger the brain, the more able to avoid predators by using those brains that you are.

But what strikes me more about humans is what happens when we do put armor on.

And so I have lots of questions that I would love to explore someday about how do humans perceive fear, not just in general, but what happens to their perceptions of fear when they are wearing body armor or when they do have a weapon on them?

And how does that change their thought process and their decision-making process?

Or are they more brave?

Are they more bold?

Are they able to do more because they know they have this first line of defense if they are shot at, you know?

Exactly.

I mean, I think you can explore some inner psyche of why your husband wanted to feel that so much.

But it's the same idea of, yeah, if you're wearing a giant suit of metal armor,

you are lumbering, you're slow, you're more vulnerable in that aspect, but you're also far less likely to be stabbed or shot by an arrow.

Yeah.

You know, so there's definite trade-offs.

Maybe you just feel a lot more safe curled up in a cocoon of steel.

Yeah.

So there's definitely some psychological process happening there of being, you know, wrapped in steel and feeling a bit safer and more at ease and less stressed, I would assume, yeah.

Absolutely, they do.

There's totally shared public information out there, and especially with alarm calls.

There's lots and lots of studies looking at how species use information from other species about where food might be, where predators are, and even cases of deception where species will give false alarm calls.