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I say this to people frequently: don't confuse the way things are vs the way you wish things were. It seems to be the source of so much poor decision-making and
by bedhead 4y ago
I say this to people frequently: don't confuse the way things are vs the way you wish things were. It seems to be the source of so much poor decision-making and misery.
- dredmorbius 4y agoI'm not entirely sure I'm following. There's the is-ought fallacy. There's also wishful thinking: believing that what you want / would prefer is what should be, or that a realistic but unpleasant appraisal is wrong or false because it is painful to consider. (Truth and reality don't much care about your preferences.) Or are you referring to something else?