holy crap, that happens to other people too?
It’s well-known enough that there’s an expression for it: l’appel du vide. (Roughly “the call of the void”, or so I’m told.)
Or “the imp of the perverse,” like in the Poe piece I linked to.
And in psychology the term is “intrusive thoughts”.
And, in theology, logismoi
And, in lesswrongology, basilisks.
A basilisk is somewhat different, I think—it’s supposed to be a strong informational hazard, not just an unhelpful thought pattern.
It’s well-known enough that there’s an expression for it: l’appel du vide. (Roughly “the call of the void”, or so I’m told.)
Or “the imp of the perverse,” like in the Poe piece I linked to.
And in psychology the term is “intrusive thoughts”.
And, in theology, logismoi
And, in lesswrongology, basilisks.
A basilisk is somewhat different, I think—it’s supposed to be a strong informational hazard, not just an unhelpful thought pattern.