Comment on Over coming the fear of trying something new
dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThis seems right, but why?
Comment on Over coming the fear of trying something new
dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThis seems right, but why?
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”.