But you are way more likely to end up being Dorothea.
because it emphasizes that the reason to have this mindset is a fact about the world. Sometimes, when I encounter statements like this, it can be easy for them to “bounce off” because I object “oh, of course it’s adaptive to think that way… but that doesn’t mean it’s actually true.” It was hard for this post to “bounce off” me because of the force of this point.
I like this point
because it emphasizes that the reason to have this mindset is a fact about the world. Sometimes, when I encounter statements like this, it can be easy for them to “bounce off” because I object “oh, of course it’s adaptive to think that way… but that doesn’t mean it’s actually true.” It was hard for this post to “bounce off” me because of the force of this point.
Are you… really eli?
(i.e. the eli mentioned in the post)
Ha, no I am an unrelated Eli.