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Endorphins gives us a strong reason why risk taking could have become a widespread human characteristic. Endorphin is what the brain releases in response to imminent physical danger. One neurobiologist, Candace Pert, discovered that endorphins enable us to balance the tremendous rush of adrenaline that flows into our bloodstreams during dangerous moments with cool, calm thinking and an ability to give undivided attention to crucial matters despite the surrounding chaos. Also Pert believes that greater sensitivity to endorphins gave certain early humans a survival advantage, and this made sure the succedding of the genes to the other generation.

Early human risk takers were probably more likely to wander off established trails, possibly finding a new source of water or game. Such individuals might also have risked being seen as different in order to invent a new kind of weapon or animal trap, or to try eating a new plant or other potential food item. These acts would have triggered a pleasurable excitement in the risk taker, but might also have profoundly benefited his or her group.

Because of the ancestor's genes have succeeded to our generation, in this modern life, we are taking a lot of risks that are adapted to our situation and also the desire for such action still runs strong in our genetic makeup. Also the convincing reason of the continuation of the genetic characteristics is that the positive reinforcement is given to risk taker. This trait is strengthened by the societies.

There are many who still believes risk taking is unique trait only a minority of people share. However, as the evidence tells us, risk taking trait is not what out generation has made or created but it is succeeded to our society without discontinuance. We are mentally and psychologically born as a risk taker by our ancestors and perhaps we are physically made to take risk. Every human is a risk taker.


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