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Dahlen comments on Open thread, Apr. 01 - Apr. 05, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dahlen 31 March 2015 04:40:15PM 9 points [-]

You should give more credit to the emotional part of your brain :) It's not that stupid. There's a little extra something in-between the pain and the person causing it, that triggers the reaction of hatred against the person -- probably the expectation of hostile intentions. It's likely not a simple two-item person+pain=hatred association arc; even our emotional selves know this.

Comment author: 4hodmt 03 April 2015 03:37:51PM 2 points [-]

Further evidence for this: people often become good friends with sparring partners in combat sports.

Comment author: emr 03 April 2015 11:58:06PM 1 point [-]

Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.

-- Oliver W. Holmes

Comment author: fubarobfusco 04 April 2015 02:32:30AM 1 point [-]

Dogs have been specifically bred for many thousands of years to respond to human signals.

(So have humans.)