we make plenty of mistakes in our belief intellectually we know these things are not true but a deeper part of our brain is certain they are we’re going to live forever we won’t we’re the same person we were when we were young we’re not our employer gives a **** about us he don’t our social media activity counts for something not in the least the president is more important than the first grade teacher nope he’s just some ******* who won the lottery all these certainties swirling in our brain gently nudging us over cliffs of absurdity