I always think about positive outcomes

The night before a flight you can rehearse the crash or you can rehearse the arrivals hall. Both are inventions. Neither contains any information, because the thing has not happened, and no amount of detail in your version makes it likelier to be the one that does.

The disaster has the texture of preparation, which is why it feels more responsible. But you will not actually be better prepared, and you will have spent the night somewhere unpleasant.

Given two fictions of equal accuracy, choosing the one you would rather live in until morning is not naive. It is economical.