NancyLebovitz comments on What comes before rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 March 2011 04:38:33AM 4 points [-]

That's possible, and it's also possible that she's getting involved with that sort of man, either because she's attracted to them or because they're attracted to her and she doesn't have the tools needed to turn them down.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 18 March 2011 08:01:08AM 1 point [-]

Both occurred to me. Your suggestion fits the conventional plot better. I have no direct experience myself, but I hear it in stories all the time.

Comment author: rysade 18 March 2011 10:09:17AM 0 points [-]

I would NOT suggest analyzing either statistical evidence or assuming that she is perhaps right about her exes. The odds are of course not with her when we ask if she has had multiple boyfriends with borderline or narcissism. What we are more likely to find is that she has the same issues many of us here on this site do, which is that she is partially mind-blind and is taking shots in the dark as we all would if we were too close to the situation