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Ask HN: What’s one thing you wish more people you encounter knew or understood?
Original question by Stephanie Hurlburt at https://twitter.com/sehurlburt/status/1047284295134412800
- mindcrime 8y agoI wish more people understood counterfactuals[1] and the way that "A happened and then B happened" does not necessarily mean that "if A had not happened, then B would never have happened". [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfactual_conditional https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfactual_conditional
- pwason 8y agoKing Crimson
- oldmancoyote 8y agoPeople should not be judged as black or white, nor as shades of gray. People are a shifting kaleidoscope of colors, some of them dark and disturbing, others bright and full of humanity, all of this changing from day to day and situation to situation. The idea of a consistent identity is a convenient illusion.
- throwaway5250 8y agoExceedingly unlikely events can nonetheless very important if the outcomes are very negative. Just brushing them off with a "that will never happen" is not a rational response.