minderbinder comments on Cached Phrases - Less Wrong

3 Post author: curiousepic 15 August 2011 11:50PM

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Comment author: minderbinder 16 August 2011 08:44:50PM 1 point [-]

Or could it have been an subconscious emotional response like bitterness or jealousy? Those get in the way of clear and rational thinking a lot. I could be totally off on this, of course, since you did say it was a bad example.

Comment author: Vaniver 17 August 2011 02:20:01AM 2 points [-]

Of course. But those emotions survived evolution, and it's helpful to calibrate your emotions before you decide what level of trust- positive or negative- to assign them.