Motivated reasoning & bad arguments have always been part of the human experience, yet we've managed to make progress as a species despite our cognitive shortcomings. (When the immediate gets me down, shifting perspective to the long view sometimes helps.)
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Of course, venting helps too
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Ahhh, I see you've been on the front lines for a bit long without relief. A bit of R and R should put you right again. We need you in the battle, but not at the expense of your sanity. Sending virtual hugs and a prescription for tea and a walk to look at spring flowers. :)
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Our species has always had these patterns of thought, and progress has come with finding and demonstrating them false to whatever degree we can. Social media is exposing these thoughts faster than ever before. While the process is not without waste, we might be getting smarter.
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Or, put another way, (and since I know I wasn’t telling anything new in the previous tweet) have a page from my holy writ of choice. The Parable of the Bitter Tea:pic.twitter.com/6LsXci5xli
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Why I’ve reduced my Twitter time. Still positive about the long term ,but short term,the massed hordes of stupid are enervating
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I’m right there with you.
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long enough timescale & doom is guaranteed... while early myth only touches on it, fire, tool, & meat dependence doomed us ages ago, no?
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Your patience has to run thin at some point.
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