Comment on Over coming the fear of trying something new

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This seems right, but why?

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  • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because the writer is convincing themselves to take a course of action by looking at the worst case scenario and finding it not too bad. It’s meaningless to argue

    “I should try it because this bad thing could happen”,

    unlike

    “I should try it because this bad thing is the worst that could happen”.

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