Well, I think it is the case that the fear is mind killer to some extent. Fear rapidly assigns the truth value to a proposition, using a heuristic. That is necessary for survival. Unfortunately this value makes a very bad prior.
Yup, that’s one mechanism whereby fear tends to inhibit reasonable processing.
Excellent use of fogging in this conversation Dave.
Seconding TheOtherDave’s thanks. I stumbled on this technique a couple days ago, it’s nice to know that it has a name.
Upvoted back to zero for teaching me a new word..
Well, I think it is the case that the fear is mind killer to some extent. Fear rapidly assigns the truth value to a proposition, using a heuristic. That is necessary for survival. Unfortunately this value makes a very bad prior.
Yup, that’s one mechanism whereby fear tends to inhibit reasonable processing.
Excellent use of fogging in this conversation Dave.
Seconding TheOtherDave’s thanks. I stumbled on this technique a couple days ago, it’s nice to know that it has a name.
Upvoted back to zero for teaching me a new word.
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