"When you define yourself as "localist", nobody frames you in the "partisan" box; both the "left" & the "right" take you for one of them. The on… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.

The only definition of rationality that I’ve found that is practically, empirically, and mathematically rigorous is the following: what is rational is that which allows for survival. Unlike modern theories by psychosophasters, it maps to the classical way of thinking. Anything that hinders one’s survival at an individual, collective, tribal, or general level is, to me, irrational.

Cherry-picking has optionality: the one telling the story (and publishing it) has the advantage of being able to show the confirmatory examples and completely ignore the rest — and the more volatility and dispersion, the rosier the best story will be (and the darker the worst story).