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I'm baffled. You "expect" something that you say you have no reason to expect, and you hope this expectation is wrong. Is this some new meaning of "expect" th
by radford-neal 7y ago
I'm baffled. You "expect" something that you say you have no reason to expect, and you hope this expectation is wrong. Is this some new meaning of "expect" that I'm not familiar with? Or do you follow a psychological strategy of expecting bad things so that you'll always be pleasantly surprised?
- WillPostForFood 7y agoIt is a human phenomenon, that has religious and secular expressions. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology... ...some apocalyptic believers find the idea that the end is nigh to be validating. Individuals with a history of traumatic experiences, for example, may be fatalistic. For these people, finding a group of like-minded fatalists is reassuring. There may also be comfort in being able to attribute doom to some larger cosmic order—such as an ancient Mayan prophecy. This kind of mythology removes any sense of individual responsibility.
- rriepe 7y agoKinda sounds like you're calling AGW a doomsday cult.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoNo, but there are doomsday cultish acolytes of AGW.
- pstuart 7y agoThank you for your diagnosis, but I can explain. Reports coming out now are indicating that shit's getting real faster than was modeled. Models are educated guesses at realty; are the models guaranteed 100% accurate? No, and I'm (just) guessing that the inaccuracies are in the conservative realm. I do not find it validating, I find it terrifying. I worry for my kids future. Anybody who isn't worried about what's happening now is a fool.