wedrifid comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 15 August 2010 05:33:00AM 3 points [-]

I would accept that bet. In my experience exposure to such writings mostly serves to produce contempt. Contempt is one emotion that seems to have a purely deleterious effect on thinking. Anger, fear, sadness, anxiety and depression all provide at least some positive effects on thinking in the right circumstances but contempt... nothing.