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- Embed this notice@ai @hidden @cinerion Cognitohazards exist in that you're not ready to handle some thoughts if you cannot defeat them when you are exposed to them. Some thoughts are pernicious, difficult to wholly disprove, and will gnaw you down to the bone.
Cringe is usually not a cognitohazard, cognitohazards typically sound plausible and good. Unhappy in your marriage? Add one or two people to the mix, that might help.
Polyamory is a cognitohazard, casual sex is a cognitohazard, harm-based systems of morals are cognitohazards, the tabula rasa is a cognitohazard.
If you are prepared to evaluate them, you can think about them critically, but the most dangerous thing you can do is evaluate them neutrally and put them aside to revisit later, when perhaps you are in a more vulnerable state and might take them up on their offer of an alternative to a problem you will then be grappling with.