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NancyLebovitz comments on Open thread, September 9-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 September 2013 12:24:17PM 1 point [-]

You lower people's status by hurting them, especially by hurting them and getting away with it. I think people show evidence of pleasure in doing so.

After all, if there's a lot of a behavior, it's likely to either cause pleasure or relieve pain.