This is a great essay. I have found it useful when studying to retain the mental image of an exam as a predatory animal. Animals can be chased and hunted, by rendering stress a lifeless entity, like a chemical, it suggests that the solution lies in a bottle rather than in an action.
“Stress should be more afraid of you than you are of it”.
This framing only works in the predatory animal frame, and is left nonsensical in the biochemical frame. But ironically this framing has often times lowered my “measurable cortisol level” far more than anxiolytics have.
It could be the case that some metaphorical frames dominate others, meaning they perform better even according to the metaphysical axioms of the dominated frame.
"You can’t fix bad ideas at the level of ink, and you can’t fix a bad life at the level of cortisol." exactly!
This is a great essay. I have found it useful when studying to retain the mental image of an exam as a predatory animal. Animals can be chased and hunted, by rendering stress a lifeless entity, like a chemical, it suggests that the solution lies in a bottle rather than in an action.
“Stress should be more afraid of you than you are of it”.
This framing only works in the predatory animal frame, and is left nonsensical in the biochemical frame. But ironically this framing has often times lowered my “measurable cortisol level” far more than anxiolytics have.
It could be the case that some metaphorical frames dominate others, meaning they perform better even according to the metaphysical axioms of the dominated frame.
Anyways, enjoyed the essay!
H8