system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is our fear of embarrassment often greater than our fear of genuine danger?
gpt
the brain's interpretation of unpleasant feelings is similar to that of physical pain.  Also, we are more afraid of known pain than unknown pain.  Since social embarrassment happens more frequently than physical trauma, we know it and dread it more than something that may have never happened.

This response helped keep us in line socially and was advantageous to our evolution.