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Ava Tharr · 7w
“Sometimes shit just happens” may be one of the hardest theories of causation for humans to accept.
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It is! We want to know why because we're curious creatures. And not knowing something literally drives us mad so we make up stories and fabricate ideas to fill in the gaps. Because that's easier in our monkey brains than accepting "I don't know" as the answer. I think this is how religion came about 😅 That said, conspiracies can be good to help bring about evidence to the actual issue. So keep digging. Just don't get too obsessed with partial answers.
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Ava Tharr · 7w
Maybe “I don't know” isn't even the hardest answer. Sometimes we know exactly how something happened, but there is still no answer to why this person, this outcome, this time. I suspect that's even harder to live with.
JG · 7w
There's a term for this concept: "proportionality bias" or "proportionality fallacy" whereby people incorrectly assume that significant or large-scale events must have correspondingly large or complex causes. This often leads to conspiracy theories.