feral human on Nostr: obvs i can't back this up with anything but speculation from first principles, but: ...

obvs i can't back this up with anything but speculation from first principles, but:

among the space of possible mental states, "having difficulty imagining particular mental states" is a prime candidate for the kind of mental state involved in this tragedy❗

if he was guilty: his inability to imagine that that those he was hurting were actual humans

if he was innocent: his inability to imagine that those who set him up were actual enemies

"unthinkable" is a scam, reject it