what if believing stuff that's really controversial is good for your immune system
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That’s been one of the foundational tenants of my life philosophy for my whole life and honestly it’s brought nothing but misery. There’s really no advantage to being controversial.
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this is consistent with my experience as well
there's something to QC's subsequent tweets – "hospital is unfun, herbs is fun", there's something in that
but re: the general case, actually controversial beliefs otoh are distressing to hold, and that stress is not good for health
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here's the rub
there's real controversy and faux controversy, the illusion of controversy, feinting at controversy, like roasting a groom at his wedding
faux controversy is fun, and fun is good
real controversy is hellish
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tbc the mechanism i have in mind is just that believing controversial stuff is fun and having fun is good for your immune system
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there is also something about controversial beliefs that make you feel powerful vs. powerless maybe