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"Fear is the mind killer". Focus spent worrying about the potential consequences of failure is focus not spent on avoiding failure altogether.


Failure in this case ranges from life-altering disabilities or death outright. The emotional toll on your friends and family. The waste of medical resources on you.

Yeah, people should have a healthy amount of fear for needlessly dangerous things.


> “The waste of medical resources on you.”

?? There’s nothing unethical about riding a motorcycle.

I ride within 80% of my abilities. I wear full PPE all year round. My moto is maintained to a high standard. I drive defensively. I have taken safety courses, and continued my motorcycle safety training both in and out of the classroom. I am not careless about my life or the lives of others. I drive like everyone is out to kill me, and I’m a gentleman. Want to pass, go ahead.

Morally— I’m not needlessly risking my life or the lives of others. If it becomes necessary, god forbid, that I need life saving medical care, I trust I’m worthy of it, if, for no other reason than I take great care when I’m driving any motorized vehicle.

Shame on you.


The time for thinking about that is before you get on a bike. Once you're going down the highway, fretting about what-ifs does not help you.


Hence, the warranted fear. It’s not a “failed response” in that case


> "Fear is the mind killer".

I wonder if anyone has ever done a cross-check of the "fearlessness" lit authors for signs of toxoplasmosis.


It's a Dune quote.




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