[Ads-l] fear

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Nov 24 16:03:19 UTC 2015


> On Nov 24, 2015, at 6:11 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Fox News:
> 
> "Fear means 'false expectations appearing to be real.'"
> 
> Seems to imply that a genuine threat can't scare you.  Who knew?
> 
> JL

That's great news, especially about the fear of death.

LH

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