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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If we know that movies and shows are fake, then why so we still get teary-eyed or scared during certain scenes?
gpt
One: because humans are storytelling creatures. Two: because humans possess empathy.

Firstly, humans are evolutionarily accustomed to receiving important, even life-saving info, from other humans in the form of a story. Before the bard told us about the hero's fight with the werewolf, bob was telling us about how he got away from a bear. Stories are part of our past, thus we pay attention to ones that have a lot of emotional power.

Secondly, humans can empathize with characters, because after suspension of disbelief the brain starts to think it's just watching an actual event unfold. We can put ourselves in characters' places and thus feel their emotions.