> What is your procedure for distinguishing between neuroticism and awareness? Accurately calibrated concern and ignorance? I'm not a psychologist, but AFAIK n

> What is your procedure for distinguishing between neuroticism and awareness? Accurately calibrated concern and ignorance? I'm not a psychologist, but AFAIK neuroticism is a personality trait. So my hypothesis would be that people for people who score high on that trait and maybe have some other problem in life, diving too deep into what's going wrong in the world could lead to anxiety, helplessness and depression. And yeah, if such a person then walks into conspiracy theory territory, we'd have "heightened irrational neuroticism". On the other hand, if someone is mentally stable and well informed, has a positive outlook on the future and adopts a vegan/ vegetarian diet for good reasons, that's great.