On: The past is not true

[FigurativeVoid]

This reminds me of the "second arrow." A buddhist idea.

What happened in the story, the ground truth, is real. There was an accident, people were injured.

That this story really highlights is the danger of a second arrow that is not that we tell ourselves stories about the past. The danger is that we tell ourselves stories so false they cause undue suffering.

The point isn't that the past isn't true. The issue is the story.

[nightpool → FigurativeVoid]

("undue" suffering, in the sense of "unwarranted", "disproportionate" or "more than your due". "undo" suffering would be removing it or undoing it.)