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Re:The Psychology of Getting High–A Lot by jajko on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:51AM (#40104142)
Correlation != causation, you/life probably did 10,000 other things to your body on top of simple aging, and absolutely nobody has any sort of idea what caused what.

There was a post on HN from a (otherwise seemingly smart) user who blamed cosmic ray(s) for heart condition his daughter developed. Even otherwise rational smart folks do tend to end up in weird mental bubbles/tunnels for lack of better words.

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Re:The Psychology of Getting High–A Lot by karmakurtisaani on Sunday April 21, 2024 @06:14AM (#40104491)
I bet this has a lot to do with being able to tolerate uncertainty and the unknown. Rather than accept that you don't know, you pick something that seems reasonable to you, and cannot be disproven.
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