siIver comments on Open thread, Oct. 03 - Oct. 09, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: username2 03 October 2016 12:27:40PM 0 points [-]

Please forgive the snarky response but... Don't be embarrassed. Embarrassment is in your head only.

Comment author: siIver 03 October 2016 06:47:33PM 1 point [-]

Every emotion is in your head only, so that's not useful advise. The same argument could be made for virtually every form of social insecurity.

If I may ask -- you are the same registered user who made the initial comment. Why reply to yourself? Are you multiple people using the same account?

Comment author: Lumifer 03 October 2016 07:08:41PM 2 points [-]

'username2' is a community pseudonymous account that exists to be used by anyone who knows how to access it. You should expect that posts with this username come from different people.

Comment author: siIver 03 October 2016 08:19:42PM 1 point [-]

Ah, I see. Thanks.

Comment author: username2 04 October 2016 07:09:47AM 0 points [-]

I'm the same username2 you are responding to, but not the OP. Some emotions are "in your head" in the sense of being due to chemical and hormonal imbalances which you have limited non-pharmacological control over. Others are "in your head" in the sense that it is just neural software you were born with, but can be rewritten. Embarrassment is the latter.

Comment author: Brillyant 03 October 2016 07:12:10PM -1 points [-]

Good point.

Comment author: Brillyant 03 October 2016 07:12:38PM -1 points [-]

Yeah good point, Brillyant.