re: #218 thedopefishlives

I just don’t understand this part of the human psyche. We all feel it to a degree; our success in life is largely based on how effectively we can counter this tendency. What’s confusing me is how people got to be this stubborn. It seems to be an anti-evolutionary trait; continuing to persist in the face of reality sounds like a fast ticket to an early death.

They think “it” won’t happen to them
Or if it does they are tough enough to beat it