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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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This alone should explain why history is full of catastrophes.

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[–] lokalhorst@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But not all outcomes are equally likely. The probabilities is what matter in the end.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's true. I suppose we build our environments and systems to alter those probabilities

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We chose to accelerate climate change, pollute water sources, and take our anger out on each other as a human race, all at the same time

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

And not all failures are clearly absolute failures. It can be debatable. Some of them can also be beneficial in unexpected ways.

See also: Discovery of penicillin