Modest proposal: practice “ontological rejection therapy” to decrease worry about basilisks, etc.:
Shout or type statements intended to draw punishment from every conceivable supernatural or post-Singularity entity.
Negative result: Nothing happens. Gain increased sanity and epistemological confidence.
Positive result: Devoured by Mind Flayers or equivalent. Surviving peers gain experimental data of immense value.
Modest proposal: practice “ontological rejection therapy” to decrease worry about basilisks, etc.:
Shout or type statements intended to draw punishment from every conceivable supernatural or post-Singularity entity.
Negative result: Nothing happens. Gain increased sanity and epistemological confidence.
Positive result: Devoured by Mind Flayers or equivalent. Surviving peers gain experimental data of immense value.