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This was literally an offhand example, of course you can find clear counterexamples to it, it wasn't supposed to be a load-bearing claim. A much much better ex
by mrguyorama 2y ago
This was literally an offhand example, of course you can find clear counterexamples to it, it wasn't supposed to be a load-bearing claim.
A much much better example IMO is driving mistakes and bad driving. In my neck of the US, most people are acceptably good at driving safely. I recently was in Florida and it was clear that is not the case there, so I have to make my circumstances clear first:
Humans struggle to see cars as actual machines driven by normal, fallible humans, for various psychological reasons. We are hypercritical of the failures of others on the road, while being hyperprotective of our own feelings after mistakes. Think of any time you have been angry or road ragey about someone doing something in traffic, and then think of the time you did nearly the same thing because of an honest misunderstanding, mistake, or poor choice. Even 95th percentile drivers will make a mistake often enough that they should be able to empathize with the other driver who is very likely just making an honest mistake or bad choice.
Have you really, honestly, never cut off someone in traffic? Remember that the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, and it could literally save lives.