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Oct 17, 2022 44 min

Why Do We Like to Be Scared?

from The Overthinkers Hosted by Nathan Clarkson & Joseph Holmes

If being frightened is so unpleasant, why do people seek out opportunities to be scared, like in ghost stories, horror movies, and skydiving? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss and come up with some potentially controversial answers.

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