drethelin comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: drethelin 10 February 2014 07:02:41AM 1 point [-]

And never forget, human minds are our own worst enemies. We run on broken substrates that are hurt more sharply than they should be by comments like "You look gross and I don't want to talk to you". We have enemies even within the minds of our closest friends. It's best not to awaken them.

Comment author: Vulture 13 February 2014 02:50:00AM *  2 points [-]

I think the reason you're being downvoted is that people would prefer you to just edit this addendum into your original comment rather than replying to yourself. It's all I can think of since your point is in itself quite insightful.

Edit: Okay, would anyone care to explain what's actually going on, then?