Laws of the Universe, IV

[primeideal]

Courage in situations where it is unwarranted is known as "heroism." Serenity in situations where it is unwarranted is known as "complacency." Corollaries are left as an exercise to the reader.

[Edit from the future: there was a "Laws of the Universe III" posted in 2022, but I locked it to just myself because I'm stealing some of that language/metaphor to put in a project that, if it was ever published, would be under a different name. So the laws are not in numerical order.]

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Hmm, maybe equanimity and not complacency? I don't think ER docs are complacent, for example.

[primeideal]

I'm riffing off of the "Serenity Prayer." In this context I think ER docs qualify as "changing the things they can," (or at least trying to) which makes them courageous, even if their attitudes are serene!