Another part of learned blankness is fear of making a catastrophic mistake—for example, I’ve heard that it’s possible to wipe out what you were trying to save when you make a backup. I need to find out whether this is still true (if it ever was), and how hard it is to avoid, rather than turning the whole thing into a matter of panic.
It’s possible, I’ve done it before. It didn’t happen the first time, it happened when I got confident enough that I stopped paying attention to the process and skipped a step. I think that’s the most dangerous time for errors like this, when you’ve just learned and gotten confident in your ability to do something.
Another part of learned blankness is fear of making a catastrophic mistake—for example, I’ve heard that it’s possible to wipe out what you were trying to save when you make a backup. I need to find out whether this is still true (if it ever was), and how hard it is to avoid, rather than turning the whole thing into a matter of panic.
It’s possible, I’ve done it before. It didn’t happen the first time, it happened when I got confident enough that I stopped paying attention to the process and skipped a step. I think that’s the most dangerous time for errors like this, when you’ve just learned and gotten confident in your ability to do something.
Edit—please disregard this post