To the true believer, the belief is indistinguishable from reality.

Victory and defeat are temporary.

The purpose of today's training is to defeat yesterday's understanding. —Musashi

Imagine being one of the people who had their Coldcard drained a couple of years ago. Everyone just called you an idiot for losing your Bitcoin. Podcasters said the solution was to use your Coldcard harder and don’t be stupid this time. I bet some of those people will literally die before they touch Bitcoin again.

You know how you let yourself think that everything will be all right if you can only get to a certain place or do a certain thing. But when you get there you find it's not that simple. —Watership Down