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		kristjansson on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in Covi... Many, many people choose to reason only in binary terms.

pessimizer on Jan 12, 2022 [–]

Or to deny reason at all; maybe call it "unary" logic?

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"Everybody has to die sometime."

"If it's my time to go, it's my time to go."

"I could get killed crossing the street."

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Total denials of the possibility that anything has a cause.

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