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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, Jul. 13 - Jul. 19, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 July 2015 10:51:49AM 2 points [-]

"Competitive spirit" can play out in more than one way. Some people give up when they're told they have no chance of winning, others are motivated to try to do the "impossible".

Comment author: [deleted] 14 July 2015 11:31:35AM 0 points [-]

Yes. The first is more common, the second is what perhaps one may call the dafke spirit.