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^ this. You can show someone who’s afraid of flying that it’s the safest form of travel all you want, but you’re not going to convince them. Anxiety usually isn
by colejohnson66 6y ago
^ this. You can show someone who’s afraid of flying that it’s the safest form of travel all you want, but you’re not going to convince them. Anxiety usually isn’t rational, so rational means of convincing don’t work.
- phdelightful 6y agoI disagree, I think the main purpose of reason is to overcome negative irrational behavior. Doesn't mean it's easy or automatic though :)
- topkai22 6y agoAny chance you'd like to take a stab at convincing me I shouldn't worry about my (young) kids getting hit by cars? I feel like it's an unfortunately rational anxiety.
- colejohnson66 6y agoI didn’t say you shouldn’t worry. I said that ignoring evidence showing a downwards trend is irrational and used airplanes as an example. I haven’t looked at the stats about children getting hit by cars. Please don’t read words from me that aren’t there.
- topkai22 6y agoSorry, just hoping you had evidence I didn't!
- colejohnson66 6y agoNo worries! I read your reply as antagonistic and went from there. My mistake.