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Zaine comments on To become more rational, rinse your left ear with cold water - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Zaine 30 May 2013 03:17:57AM 1 point [-]

If the effect is truly only expressed in the right hemisphere, that would not clarify whether feelings of vulnerability or vestibulo-sensory signalling produce the lowered 'unrealistic optimism'.