Frank Herbert Was Right: Fear Is the Mind-Killer

Frank Herbert Was Right: Fear Is the Mind-Killer
Our fear of the virus could be as dangerous as the virus itself if we allow our reactions to it be affected by the brain-limiting effects of fear. ImageFlow/Shutterstock
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.”

Frank Herbert, noted writer of science fiction, was being scientifically factual when he included this line in his novel “Dune.” Fear is, in fact, the mind-killer.
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