Re: Being self aware of mental disadvantages
The smarter somebody is, the better they are at convincing themselves to do things for dumb reasons. The hypothetical pyro with magical aptitude will be more of a threat, the better he potentially is at magic because of his IQ, because he will be more capable of convincing himself that he's only learning fire spells as a preventative measure or something.
Speaking as somebody with a pretty severe phobia, I view it as something legitimately threatening in the moment that I am failing my self control check, but I am self-aware that I was being crazy in retrospect.
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