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Ep 185: Possibility and Actuality. Facts and Counterfactuals.

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The Physics of Possibility

Every disposition to worry about the future is based on the feeling that there's this range of possibilities. I'm convinced that worry is almost never psychologically appropriate because in any given moment, either you can do something to solve the problem or not. This goes to the physics of things, this is just everything. We're always telling ourselves a story that includes possibility for some reason.

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