It is a philosophical question to be sure. One we could ponder in quiet moments which we may have because we probably live lives without danger all around us. But that’s not the life that Matt Murdock knew as a boy or as a man. He did not have the luxury of fear any more when a chemical truck accident blinded him forever as a human being yet made him something more as well. Perhaps in the split second before the accident he still knew what fear was. We cannot be certain.