When I reheat leftovers- especially dense foods like lasagna that have fatty (cheesy) outer layers, I find that 30% power-level works best to heat food to the center without burning/dehydrating the bits on the surface. Otherwise, heating at full power without ruining part of the food leaves the middle cold, leading to a fractured eating session that could be avoided with the extra step and a bit more patience with an extended timer.
One of the systemic issues is that we do not innately understand the ontology of prevention.
There is no benchmark for “infections prevented” like there is no benchmark for “buildings uncollapsed by earthquakes”, “windows unbroken by hurricanes”, or with AI “inaccurate claims unconfabulated”.
Our neurological architecture struggles to model second-order effects, and the trust+time+attention+energy+memory it requires to listen, evaluate, and act on someone else’s ideas about the future is usually a cost we do not pay when we cannot see the idea for ourselves.