The human mind does not handle *chronic* mystery well. We expect to gradually demystify things given repeated encounters. Chronic maintenance regimens only become second nature if there is no real mystery to them. You have a theory of why "this is the best I can do"
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It would be interesting to try and rewrite Moby Dick with the whale and the dangerous business of whaling are replaced by a minor problem. An example of such a story is Jerry's car with the demon BO smell problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smelly_Car …
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That was a genuinely costly problem for Jerry though. I'm looking for stories where it's a trivial problem you could potentially live with.
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You put “mystery” in quotes. So does this include issues people refuse to examine closely and understand even though the necessary data is right in front of them?
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No, I just meant things that we may not normally think of as mysteries because they are too unimportant and inconsequential, but are still genuinely mystifying
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