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Lumifer comments on Open Thread: What are your important insights or aha! moments? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 November 2014 10:02:31PM *  2 points [-]

If we were to go nuts on this, we'd probably need at least two continuous variables here, one to signify to what degree do you accept and support the group's values and goals, and one to determine how much are you actually involved with this particular group.

In practice, I tend to think in the following categories (for positive attitudes):

  • member of
  • affiliated with
  • sympathetic to
  • indifferent