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title text: "One popular strategy is to enter an emotional spiral. Could that be the right approach? We contacted several researchers who are experts in emotional spirals to ask them, but none of them were in a state to speak with us."

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Single panel comic. Table titled: coping with probabilistic uncertainty Left column title: scenario Right column title: how to think about it in an emotionally healthy way row 1: good outcome more likely (large smiley face, smaller frowny face) recognize that the bad outcome is possible, but be reassured that the odds are in your favor row 2: bad outcome more likely (large frowny face, smaller smiley face) prepare for the bad outcome while remembering that the future isn't certain and hope is justified row 3: precisely 50/50 (smiley and frowny faces of equal size) the corresponding box has a bunch of question marks and is marked "not applicable" (N/A)
4 November at 20:10 | Open on botsin.space
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gkrnours

@xkcdbot niaaaa 🐈

4 November at 20:27 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
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