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> Reality isn’t unrealistic; your expectations are https://t.co/2rM2pD6cZy
If reality seems unrealistic, it’s because you were holding on to a false idea about how reality is. Reality isn’t unrealistic; your expectations were Reality isn’t unrealistic, your expectations were Reality isn’t unrealistic, your expectations were Reality isn’t unrealisti https://t.co/Ygl39kad2Z
> Reminds me of a Yudkowsky line, when explaining quantum physics, “It is always best to think of reality as perfectly normal. Since the beginning, not one unusual thing has ever happened.” https://t.co/Sun1fby213
> Metaphor for subjective social reality: fridge light. Every time I open my fridge, there's light. Therefore, the fridge light is always on. https://t.co/3qGTMIeYqo https://t.co/qHRTfT2Q6I
> personal experiences make up <0.0001% of what’s happened in the world but 80% of how you think the world work . . . [makes sense then that you might be] disappointed & confused by others’ decisions https://t.co/qszl9WACQn
Your personal experiences make up <0.0001% of what’s happened in the world but 80% of how you think the world works. When experiencing a fraction of what’s out there but using that to explain everything you expect to happen, you'll be disappointed & confused by others’ decisions.
> every functioning system has two forms: The abstraction that outsiders are led to believe, and the reality that insiders actually and carefully operate. > You don't incrementally learn a system. You eventually unlearn its necessary lies. https://t.co/0FjRPIYI4p
surprise is a tool for tarzan-ing into new frames of understand https://t.co/06r9obu7IO
