Nornagest comments on Positive Queries - How Fetching - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Benquo 30 April 2014 02:24AM

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Comment author: Nornagest 30 April 2014 08:31:37PM * 8 points [-]

holy crap, that happens to other people too?

It's well-known enough that there's an expression for it: l’appel du vide. (Roughly "the call of the void", or so I'm told.)

Comment author: palladias 02 May 2014 12:03:33AM 2 points [-]

And, in theology, logismoi

Comment author: RichardKennaway 02 May 2014 03:52:59PM -2 points [-]

And, in lesswrongology, basilisks.

Comment author: Benquo 02 May 2014 06:24:22PM 2 points [-]

A basilisk is somewhat different, I think - it's supposed to be a strong informational hazard, not just an unhelpful thought pattern.

Comment author: Benquo 01 May 2014 07:37:49PM 1 point [-]

Or "the imp of the perverse," like in the Poe piece I linked to.

Comment author: Vulture 01 May 2014 02:28:32PM * 1 point [-]

And in psychology the term is "intrusive thoughts".