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John_Maxwell_IV comments on Cognitive Biases Affecting Self-Perception of Beauty - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: Bound_up 29 May 2016 06:32PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 May 2016 05:22:55AM 1 point [-]

Negativity bias might be a better cite than loss aversion.

Comment author: Bound_up 30 May 2016 06:34:35AM 0 points [-]

Hmm...maybe.

As I understand it, loss aversion is just a specific kind of negativity bias. Is that right, do you think?