The Art of Copium

It is very interesting how the human mind works. We have the need to justify everything, to explain and understand everything, in order to feel safe. We have millions of questions that need answers because there are so many things that the reasoning mind cannot explain. It is not important if the answer is correct; just the answer itself makes us feel safe. This is why we make assumptions. (Location 565)

when people experience uncertainty and lack of control, they are more likely to see patterns or regularities where there are none. (View Highlight)

one consequence of this cognitive architecture is that when our predictive potential is limited—that is, when there is high uncertainty—we experience anxiety (View Highlight)

Why do people always make fun of coping like what are folks supposed to do? NOT cope? (View Tweet)