thakil comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Swimmer963 07 March 2011 01:03AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 March 2011 01:28:29PM 5 points [-]

and a slavish devotion to a set of behaviours that the group has decided are "good"

I really, really, wish that problem came from religion and not universal human behavior. It would make non-religious communities so much more pleasant!

Comment author: thakil 07 March 2011 01:35:25PM 1 point [-]

Yes, sorry, I should have made clear that that issue is attached to the nature of the closely knit group (as I suspect the benefits are)