Epiphany comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: Epiphany 02 December 2012 08:05:00PM *  1 point [-]

Nancy, there is already a term for this. It's "intellectual overexcitability" or "intellectual supersensitivity". These are terms from Dabrowski. Look up the "Theory of Positive Disintegration" to learn more.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 December 2012 11:21:14PM 1 point [-]

Those terms seem like pathologizing-- which is not surprising, considering that Dabrowski puts emphasis on the difficulties of the path. I was thinking more of the idea that some people like thinking more than others, just as some people like moving around more than others, which is something much less intense.

I was wondering whether Dabrowski was influenced by Gurdjieff, and it turns out that he was.