Alicorn comments on Open Thread: January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 19 January 2010 01:10:05AM 1 point [-]

The emotional framework of which you speak doesn't seem to resemble anything I can introspectively access in my head, but maybe I can offer advice anyway. Some emotional motivations that are conducive to rationality are curiosity, and the powerful need to accomplish some goal that might depend on you acting rationally.