it seems that one often believes being self aware of a certain limitation is enough to correct for it sufficiently to at least be calibrated about how limited one is...and then act as if because they’ve acknowledged a potential failure mode and will try to be careful towards avoiding it, that they are much less susceptible to the failure mode than other people in an otherwise similar reference class.
I don’t follow. If I know I don’t “handle” spicy food well, so I avoid eating it. Then I’m not acting as if I’m less susceptible to spicy food because I’ve acknowledged it. Or are you talking about the proverbial example of someone who drives after getting tipsy, but believes because they’re more “careful” they’re safe-enough?
As for brainworms—I’m not familiar with that term but can guess it’s some kind of faddish toxic behaviour (I’m struggling to think of a concrete example, perhaps the use of bromides and platitudes in conversation like “keep your chin up” in lieu of tailored comfort and discourse?) - but what might be an example of a rat-brainworm and an analogous normie brain worm?
I don’t follow. If I know I don’t “handle” spicy food well, so I avoid eating it. Then I’m not acting as if I’m less susceptible to spicy food because I’ve acknowledged it. Or are you talking about the proverbial example of someone who drives after getting tipsy, but believes because they’re more “careful” they’re safe-enough?
As for brainworms—I’m not familiar with that term but can guess it’s some kind of faddish toxic behaviour (I’m struggling to think of a concrete example, perhaps the use of bromides and platitudes in conversation like “keep your chin up” in lieu of tailored comfort and discourse?) - but what might be an example of a rat-brainworm and an analogous normie brain worm?