Scared Shitless

Lousy availability heuristics

Jun 10, 2022

There’s no theory of epistemology that prioritizes “truth over facts” when your fascist genocidal neighbors roll into town on armored personnel carriers and enemy fighter jets target your sedan.

Looking on the bright side, optimism lengthens life, studies show, but only if you are optimistic.

(to be continued)

ukraine@war

The Dead Don't Feel Pain

It’s very early in Kyiv and videos of tortured Belarusians are being uploaded to the Internet at an alarming rate. They are difficult to digest, but I am glad more unerasable evidence about the sadistic regime exists. The clips should be translated verbatim, dubbed, subtitled in dozens of languages, circulated widely and studied…

3 years ago · pgb