The world is on the brink of economic crisis or even collapse. Change my mind.

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Probably just evolution at work.

Believing that crises or collapse is imminent when it really isn't would carry less of a penalty than believing that crisis/collapse is not imminent when it actually is. So over time humans would evolve a bias in favor of perceived crisis/collapse.

[–]Robin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"Believing that crises or collapse is imminent when it really isn't would carry less of a penalty..." Not necessarily. It's a stress factor, and can lead to crisis promoting behaviour (e.g. resource wars as people fight over the last few drops of oil, rather than addressing the long term issue)

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That's a good point that I hadn't considered.