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MrMind comments on Open thread, Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MrMind 19 November 2015 08:21:04AM 1 point [-]

Well, as social animals, status evaluation is deeply embedded in our biological firmware.
I suppose it's only because our psychological unity of consciousness is so far removed from the basic process of the brain that we can find status irritating.