Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders. Gephyrophobia is the fear of crossing bridges. Acrophobia is the fear of heights. The only reason they are feared is because the less you know, the more dangerous it is. Remaining ignorant about the source of fear is the only way fear can exist, so being more informed would help conquer those fears. “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so we can be less afraid." This quote says that ignorance is the main source of fear. If everything is known, nothing is unknown, then nothing is to be feared. Just like in The Hot Zone, when Tom Geisbert and Peter Jahrling smell the flask containing Ebola. They both remembered the fateful day when he “could have smelled just a little bit. He didn't smell it anyway, he just smelled it. He had sort of waved his hand over it, just to bring the smell to his nose. He hadn't inhaled it. Ebola is the scary virus, the mysterious virus, the one that no one knows anything about. Admitting to smelling the flask, the Submarin...