The Frog Is Prey For The Crocodile Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a diverse food chain which does not have humans at the top. The Ghanaian proverb illustrates the significance of who says what, in terms of knowing. The frog is prey for the crocodile. So, considering that the prey knows this, if the frog says that the danger/predator is dead, believe it. The frog would never risk its life when coming close to a crocodile because it would probably die. However, the justification for knowing that the crocodile is dead is the food chain and how it works. The crocodile eats almost anything that moves, including frogs and humans. Therefore, the prey would not risk another preys life for fun. It’s the preys natural instinct to run away from the danger. Thus, the claim of the frog is

The certainty for yourself is greater when you can calmly say “I am certain”. However, it is much harder for anyone to believe someone else’s word. For example, if Bob says that, “the lion is dead”, are you going to believe what Bob said. Or, if a gazelle made the same claim...the gazelle. Why? Because the gazelle has natural instinct superior to ours and the gazelle is prey for the lion. In people 's minds, Homo sapiens (Humans) are at the top of the food chain. So, the human does not have the same sense of urgency or experience in the environment that a gazelle would have when saying this sort of claim. The gazelle is like the frog in the proverb; the prey. While the lion is the predator for the gazelle. We would not believe Bob because of lack of urgency compared to the gazelle. Thus, the natural instinct and fear of the gazelles predator leads us to believe that the gazelle is

However, emotion can play a major role in creating bias. As explained above, conviction is not sufficient enough knowledge for a claim to be validated because of the way of knowing, emotion. This is because as humans are born, the id is the first part of the brain developed and it supposedly controls emotion, while the part of the brain which controls reason, the ego, comes at a later stage in life. Based off of this, an average human is much more familiar and much more comfortable following its emotion. This is why a bias is formed because even if the logic or evidence supports the claim that you do not agree with, you may still convict someone of wrongdoing. For example, if your father told you at a young age that Newcastle United are the best football team in the world, you would believe him because he is your father. However, after you begin growing up and noticing how Newcastle never win an English Premier League cup or do not even make it into the Champions league, you would still believe that Newcastle is the best football club in the world, even though the evidence greatly support the opposing idea. This is because your emotional connection to the team will overpower the hardcore evidence that would prove your thoughts wrong. This when something called confirmation bias is formed. Confirmation bias is the