The fact that literally every society in history has had some version of the same mythology. I mean, maybe for the first 8,000 years or whatever, you could excuse this particular cognitive bias, but at this point it’s just embarrassing.
Its genuinely scary how close we’ve come to the brink on so many instances, though.
Like, there was concern that an atom bomb could set the entire atmosphere on fire by some of the scientists on the Manhattan Project.
Or the fact that we are not currently living out a nuclear holocaust survival fantasy due to the common sense of one soviet early warning radar operator.
the only thing more terrifying than how many times we’ve actually been on a legitimate brink, is how blase people are about dismissing it cause “bad things always happen, and then get better. no big whoop”
The fact that literally every society in history has had some version of the same mythology. I mean, maybe for the first 8,000 years or whatever, you could excuse this particular cognitive bias, but at this point it’s just embarrassing.
For sure. How many times has the end is nigh reared it’s head in the last 40yrs
Its genuinely scary how close we’ve come to the brink on so many instances, though.
Like, there was concern that an atom bomb could set the entire atmosphere on fire by some of the scientists on the Manhattan Project.
Or the fact that we are not currently living out a nuclear holocaust survival fantasy due to the common sense of one soviet early warning radar operator.
the only thing more terrifying than how many times we’ve actually been on a legitimate brink, is how blase people are about dismissing it cause “bad things always happen, and then get better. no big whoop”