hedges comments on LW Women Entries- Creepiness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hedges 29 April 2013 07:08:37PM *  6 points [-]

Is calling people "creepy" more than a manifestation of the affect heuristic? Consider how attractive people are thought to be more honest and kind, and even get more lenient sentences in court. Then how powerful this effect is when combined with one of the most deeply ingrained forms of complete irrationality - romance.