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NancyLebovitz comments on Stupid Questions March 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 March 2015 12:47:53PM 2 points [-]

The complication is that you can succeed at getting specific behaviors by showing anger.

Compassion and/or full inclusion in one's group is reflected by a much more complex and flexible set of behaviors, and I'm not sure anger is a useful tool for getting that.