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SquirrelInHell 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: SquirrelInHell 31 May 2016 03:37:11AM 0 points [-]

My prior is that most people in the situation described in the post wouldn't have thought of this method as a way of resolving the tension they experience.

OK, so I have different background assumptions: to me it looks like the simplest way to complete the pattern ("how improve my self-esteem?" -> "think about your strong points") conveniently established by countless self-help slogans etc.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 01 June 2016 03:51:29AM 0 points [-]

My view is that people don't think of having low self-esteem as a problem when judging their aesthetic appearance as inadequate.

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