Specifically: I notice my rationalization in the presence of obvious fear or disgust, but hadn’t been thinking of strong negative affects as “ugh fields.” Before your reply, I hadn’t verbally noticed that being suddenly interested in marginal details was a good sign of ugh fields, and thus a likely warning sign for rationalization.
… oh! Thanks, that quite clarifies a few things.
Specifically: I notice my rationalization in the presence of obvious fear or disgust, but hadn’t been thinking of strong negative affects as “ugh fields.” Before your reply, I hadn’t verbally noticed that being suddenly interested in marginal details was a good sign of ugh fields, and thus a likely warning sign for rationalization.