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Too many people simply cannot accept a challenge to any of their dearly held opinions

Said the raven to the crow.

I think you misjudge me. I don't want to believe that this thing is very dangerous. I would much rather believe it's all hype and everything will be fine. I've also had a lot of experience at learning the difference between what you wish to believe, and what is actually true.

You will have better luck in life if you expect the worst and get pleasantly surprised than if you expect the best and get unpleasantly surprised. One of the things i've learned in life is that you shouldn't lie to yourself. You shouldn't believe things just because you want to believe them. Use your best judgement and be objective.

#GovernmentStooge

Ha ha ha ha ha.... :)

I think you misjudge me.

My judgement of you is a work in progress.

I don't want to believe that this thing is very dangerous. I would much rather believe it's all hype and everything will be fine.

I don't think anybody's arguing that its not dangerous. There is disagreement as to the degrees of danger and our reaction to it as a people.

Here's an old bromide of mine. Belief is not what's important, truth is.

You will have better luck in life if you expect the worst and get pleasantly surprised than if you expect the best and get unpleasantly surprised.

That would be wonderful if having 'better luck in life' were the goal. Truth should be the goal. I find that seeking the truth can lead to contentment, so therefore knowing the truth trumps 'luck in life' any time.

I've also had a lot of experience at learning the difference between what you wish to believe, and what is actually true.

Just wishing to believe something should not be the goal. Finding the truth should be. If wishes were fishes, we'd all...uh. have a lot of fishes (forgot how that one went). We all want the good guys to win at the end of the movie. that is a wish to believe. In life, they don't always win. That is reality.