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Raythen comments on Cognitive Biases due to a Narcissistic Parent, Illustrated by HPMOR Quotations - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: Algernoq 24 May 2014 07:25PM

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Comment author: Raythen 28 May 2014 09:01:16AM *  3 points [-]

Narcissism and narcissistic parenting are very real (and hard-to-detect) problems, with potentially serious long-term consequences, so I think it's good that you brought this up.

You might also want to see http://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/

(as stated in another comment, though - I really don't see Harry as being narcissistic)

Comment author: Algernoq 29 May 2014 11:40:29PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for the link! Looks like demanding academic perfection is a relatively benign way to express narcissism.