mwengler comments on As an upload, would you join the society of full telepaths/empaths? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mwengler 20 October 2013 03:40:44PM 1 point [-]

With an opt-out possibility I would give it a try. I suspect that I am suboptimally secretive and ashamed of a lot of my thoughts and feelings and have a "natural" instinct to lie and shield myself from being known accurately. I'd like to try a society that seemed to be working for others even if I didn't stick with it. It reminds me of what I did in Second Life years ago. I entered as a woman with powerful secondary sexual characteristics. After a guy more or less fell in love with me, I spent about two days on that, talking with him while he tried to seduce me, and then blew my own cover on purpose. My sense is I learned a tremendous amount about the interaction between men and women by doing that, understanding how attractive women are driven to be aloof and superior.

I'd like to learn more about my own secretiveness and shame as I am positive that very little of it is in my conscious mind at this point.

Comment author: shminux 20 October 2013 05:11:08PM -1 points [-]

have a "natural" instinct to lie and shield myself from being known accurately

Right. When this is not an option you might feel liberated and like it, who knows.