Scrupulously prepared Amundsen vs. hapless, fatalistic Scott - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition … Disasters not so much "self-deception"...
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
...as semi-willful refusal to learn relevant but unpleasant information, perhaps for social reasons. Certain space disasters similar.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
Scott had a pretty good idea he was toast from the beginning and so, seemingly, did those around him. Accepted doom, not deception.
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@sarahdoingthing Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN30YMzja6Y#t=3m16s … (not sure if you've seen the show)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@ckhonson have not - my source is Evan S. Connell who is pretty rude but funnypic.twitter.com/okKLp3xbv8
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