Sometimes Bad Things Happen
April 17, 2022
Sometimes bad things happen. We don’t like to think about it, but they do. And focusing only on the happy endings isn’t helpful for anyone.
Tragedy isn’t just the thing that happens to OTHER people
- When I was younger, tragedy always seemed like the thing that happened to OTHER people; distance people who lived in newspapers and stories. I had no idea, until it happened to me, how suddenly life can change. Tragedy touches all of us at some point.
Survivor’s Bias
July 30, 2020
Survivor’s bias is a logical fallacy that equates the experience of those who survived an experience with “proof” that such an experience is safe. It’s a fallacy, because it implies that one person’s positive outcome is automatically going to apply for everyone, but this isn’t true.
I too used to believe tragedy was the thing that happened to other people.
June 28, 2020
Before Adrian died, I always thought of tragedy and loss as something that happened to OTHER people, but not to me. Of course I feel differently now.