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Comment author: gwern 04 November 2011 11:11:48PM 4 points [-]

I'd love to know what the neurological difference is between knowing something on a surface level, and actually internalising it such that the full horror of it is felt.

Near vs Far?

Comment author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 08:56:27PM 5 points [-]

That's probably part of it. Here is a recent paper on the neuroscience of Near vs. Far (aka construal level theory).

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