Fear in Four Dimensions

You want to face your fears, but they're hard to find. Fears feast on uncertainty, and the unknown is slippery. You cannot know the unknowable, nor evade the inevitable. Uncertainty forever lurks in your periphery. To study a fear is to steal its power. You cannot destroy uncertainties, but you can tame them with labels, measures, and deductions. One way to tame the unknown: experiment with its knobs. Your natural curiosity will lead you to countless knobs, most of which will be incorrect/incomplete. That's okay -- even wrong knobs can help you navigate the darkness. So what exactly is fear? Let's start with some plausible knobs: D specific→diffuse nebulous monsters V agent→victim invincible monsters S discomfort→death lethal monsters P impossible→inevitable tangible monsters You can see these dimensions in plain English vocabulary: D V S P unease 7.0 4.5 2.5 4.0 worry 7.2 4.0 3.0 5.0 nervousness 6.0 4.0 2.5 4.5 apprehension 5.0 4.5 3.5 6.0 misgiving 3.5 3.5 3.0 5.5 trepidation 4.0…