JonahSinick comments on Beyond Statistics 101 - Less Wrong
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I think you're just projecting.
I'm speaking based on many interactions with many members of the community. I don't think this is true of everybody, but I have seen a difference at the group level.
I didn't question that you were interacting with many members of the community. I'm saying you're projecting. Maybe people are either normal or slightly depressed/anxious/bitter/etc, meaning, they have same emotional problems just like any human being. You, however, see them as unusually emotionally damaged.
Typical Mind Fallacy, to understand other people we model them just like ourselves. You said yourself you had emotional problems before, so I believe your perception of the community is skewed. Maybe you see signs of emotional damage in other people, just like insecure promiscuous people seemingly spot depravity in other people.
This doesn't address the issue of the claimed difference in Jonah's perception of LWers from his perception of other groups.