Why it's so embarrassing to slip: "Important for survival"

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Why it's so embarrassing to slip: "Important for survival"

Do you also want to sink through the earth if you slip among people? It's a feeling that goes back hundreds of thousands of years. - We are incredibly afraid of being ostracized from the group, says Lotta Strömsten, senior lecturer in psychology at Umeå University.