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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
>> All cool and great, but can you now give me something to shut that feeling off? > Yes. This is what therapy is. It's a professional teaching you tools to deal with anxiety. [...] The anxiety still exists Is it your anxious
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
I did find your original comment interesting, but wasn't sure about its relevance to this article. This comment is more clarifying, thanks. I agree with your evopsych explanation. Political correctness is to do with status, as noted by
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> And segregation wasn't offensive to most southern whites. Does racial segregation offend you, then? If so what are you actually doing about it? Are you putting your kids in a diverse school? Are you encouraging them to date people
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Someone finally said it! I have often remarked that much of the so-called anti-racism is in fact designed to keep a lid on actual racism itself. People are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Uhh, what is the connection here? And how are you so sure that status wars did not happen as much, if only in different forms, during the days of "enforced monogamy"?
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
As Kristian wrote "Political Correctness is really just a special form of conspicuous consumption, leading to a zero-sum status race. The fact that PC fans are still constantly outraged, despite the fact that PC has never been so perva
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> Surely you can admit that Americans are less caste-loving. We treat talented individuals of all races+genders+GLBTQBBQ pretty damn well compared to the majority of the world I'm not really sure about that. If you are talking about
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> racial groups (indian males are amongst the worst) > The influx of H1-B, caste loving people is making the push for equality a difficult one. I'm not going to call you a racist, but the least you could do is provide examples or
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
You are welcome, and thanks for acknowledging without getting defensive. My hypocrisy comment was not directed at you, but to the general HN crowd that upvoted yours while downvoting that of puranjay (it had negative votes at the time of m
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
>> Minimalist apps are for people who want to play 'pretend' at writing. > this comment is single-handedly the most pompous one of all. It is interesting to note that HN's commenting guideline is to "Be civil. D
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Thank you. I find it interesting that you describe her to be "uniformly happy" yet your former lab mate, Justin Feinstein (along with Adolphs, Damasio, Tranel), uses "adverse consequences of living life without the amygdala&q
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> Oh for goodness sake... If you are using this expression to express frustration, exasperation, annoyance[1] - say so explicitly, I'll stop right here. My experience indicates that when people are frustrated at any point during a c
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
SM is indeed that proof -- she is admirably surviving without fear, and being mostly happy at it as well. You tried to counter it first by lumping fear together with pain. Next, you tried to counter it by pointing to some hypothetical group
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> She describes herself as happy... and yet somehow has been at gunpoint and knifepoint, both of them multiple times. Most people manage to never have either. This suggests such people have extremely high death rates, and she's just
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Great questions. > I wonder if you can be truly depressed if you don't fear anything? In the podcast, she does describe herself to be happy 9 out of 10 times. > Or does her lack of fear not encompass anxiety? I asked someone who
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Gabriel, I'm delighted to read this comment by you (and that of David Warren) as you folks get this article in a positive light. Look at others bringing in sociopathy and "real dangers".
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Isn't the "complex thought" of "learned helplessness" actually based on the elementary "fear" instinct? That is: no fear, no learned helplessness (only intelligent appraisal).
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
> I think you miss the point. I do get gwern's implication of fear being a gift. His applauding of fear was (presumably) in response to Rachel Feltman's (WashingtonPost's journalist) "a bad thing" appraisal of he
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
By lumping them all together, you are implying that fear is a gift. The NPR podcast on the other hand suggests otherwise. SM describes herself to be happy 9 out of 10 times, and she has no past trauma. Sounds like being fearless is in fact
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by SafariDevelop 12y ago
Excellent! Could you say something about her emotional life? In the podcast, she described herself to be happy 9 out of 10 times. I wonder if she experiences love. And if she does, does she also experience grief? What about fear-based emoti