That's a good point about the light. When I asked my girlfriend if she carries the tiny fauxton light I gave her, she responded that she prefers to use the light from her cell phone when she needs to see something at night. My first reaction was to go into lecture mode, but then I stopped myself. She could be unprepared in worse ways. So, I let it go.

Another irrational fear is my fear of being unable to tie a wide variety of knots. Some people are 100% uninterested in the art of knot tying. Really though, knowing a huge variety of knots is unnecessary for survival. Knowing the Clove, Reef, Bowline, and Roundturn & Two Half Hitches, is probably sufficiently for practically all survival situations. Everybody should at least be able to tie down a load, bind stuff together, and hitch rope to an object. There are better knots for particular applications, but again we're talking about people who are uninterested. For example, no, I'm not going to add a friction hitch (e.g., Tautline) to that list because a Tautline won't be remembered by an uninterested person. Plus, you could still get stuff done without knowing a friction hitch or many other knots.