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Related: About this forumClowns, birders creep us out – and a study found out why
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POSTED: SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016 1:00 AM
The Washington Post
Heres what most American bird-watchers are, according to a 2013 government study: White, older than 45, fairly well-off and highly educated.
Heres what many people think bird-watchers are: Creepy.
Thats according to a recent study that says it is the first empirical study of creepiness. Led by psychology professor Frank McAndrew at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, the study set out to introduce a theoretical perspective on the common psychological experience of feeling creeped out, and to figure out what makes us think other people are creepy.
The conclusion based on a survey of 1,341 people, most of whom were female and American is that feeling creeped out is an evolved response to the ambiguity of a possible threat, which helps us to remain vigilant.
FULL story at link.
I'm glad Marta and I don't spend any time on birds.
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Clowns, birders creep us out – and a study found out why (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2016
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Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)1. Birders aren't creepy,
but those geeky hats that they wear are what gives people that impression.
Funny how "geeky" has been translated to "creepy".
Olive Birch
(10 posts)2. I take exception to being lumped together with clowns.
I wonder if it's just coincidence that most of the dentists I have ever frequented have pictures of clowns in their offices. Not one had a picture of a birder.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)3. Barred owl? Nice shot.
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)4. OP with a couple more pix