MrShaggy comments on Masochism vs. Self-defeat - Less Wrong

-1 Post author: Psychohistorian 20 April 2009 09:20PM

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Comment author: MrShaggy 25 April 2009 04:14:41AM 0 points [-]

I disagree. Sometimes, if not virtually all the time, people loose due to self-defeating behavior even when winning would bring more drama--this particularly applies to tournaments. I would say rather that people create drama to cover up and to self-justify their self-defeating behavior.