My dentist causes me pain, so why don't I hate him? The rational part of my brain certainly has no reason to hate him, but the emotional, caveman part does. My model of myself would predict that my emotional brain would generate feelings of dislike for my dentist that my rational part would suppress, yet there is nothing to suppress. Do other people respond this way as well? If so, what's the cause?
Aren't you aware that it's a cliche that people do hate their dentists?
(Not that I recall anyone in particular claiming to hate their dentist.)
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