It's interesting being able to explain in great detail how and why you are being completely crazy and where that comes from but also not being able to turn that off.
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"Yes I am aware that I am attributing disproportionately greater salience than credence to this bad scenario, but knowing that doesn't help.", the eternal
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I mean partly this is because salience = credence * severity, but I'm probably overestimating it even taking that into account.
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Ugh this is where I'm supposed to do negative visualisation to reduce the perceived severity, isn't it? TFW you know how and why you're being completely crazy, also know how to fix it, and don't want to do it.
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Replying to @GeniesLoki @joXn
more unpleasant and scary than simply *handwave* knowing the worst case is probably real?
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Probably not but also knowing that doesn't make me more willing to do it?
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Then it's not the reason you're not doing it!
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I don't think that's true - one of these is true by default, the other requires action.
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There's always going to be a status quo bias for facing fears, because fears that need facing are in the dark, where you might get eaten by an unknown unknown
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