When the subject comes up about the GLP effect, I often get all thoughty experimenty... what if by creating those doomish scenarios we "spin" them into a collapsing reality that merges with our own. Like playing out the possibility in our imaginations, aloud with friends, here on GLP, we prevent those things from happening in OUR reality, meaning the one true timeline we follow... Kind of like running up a flight of stairs as they disappear behind you, one step ahead? I'm sober this morning, I swear, lmao.

Edited to add: Red Queen Theory, I've got the Ridley book, but he delves more into the genetics angle.