Also, you’ve quite possibly picked the least judgmental crowd in the known universe to tell your story to, so I wouldn’t worry—and you’re still anonymous anyway, since you didn’t use your real name here. I also didn’t know about vaginismus before, which is really weird. (I mean the fact that I haven’t heard of it yet, not the condition). I guess you never stop learning.
The only thing I’m curious about—did your accomplishment have anything to do with LW or rationality? Not that I’d sneer if that wasn’t the case, I was just expecting some connection, since you started off with writing about when you first posted here.
I’ve noticed that I got less and less judgmental, the more rational I got and I noticed a similar lack of judgment in the writing style of others around here. I suppose once you boot out beliefs like free will, or become more aware of biases like the “fundamental attribution mistake” (the tendency to interpret the behavior of others in terms of their dispositional character, instead of their situational circumstances), there is little room left to judge.
Judging people (in the personal, emotionally laden way) just seems like a waste of time. So where did I get the impression you ask? Well it’s just the sheer absence of judgmental language it in the way people write around here, and I’m not under the impression that it’s just being repressed for reasons of social etiquette. Perhaps I’m assuming too much by inferring from myself and projecting onto others, but I’ll just make that assumption for now and continue to update on new evidence as it rolls in.
Well it’s just the sheer absence of judgmental language it in the way people write around here
Sure, the people around here aren’t judgmental, but the last LW/OB meetup I went to, Suicide Rock was there, and let me tell you that thing couldn’t have been more sanctimonious.
Congratulations.
Also, you’ve quite possibly picked the least judgmental crowd in the known universe to tell your story to, so I wouldn’t worry—and you’re still anonymous anyway, since you didn’t use your real name here. I also didn’t know about vaginismus before, which is really weird. (I mean the fact that I haven’t heard of it yet, not the condition). I guess you never stop learning.
The only thing I’m curious about—did your accomplishment have anything to do with LW or rationality? Not that I’d sneer if that wasn’t the case, I was just expecting some connection, since you started off with writing about when you first posted here.
People aren’t exactly eager to talk about it.
Where did you get that impression? (I’m not disagreeing, just asking.)
I’ve noticed that I got less and less judgmental, the more rational I got and I noticed a similar lack of judgment in the writing style of others around here. I suppose once you boot out beliefs like free will, or become more aware of biases like the “fundamental attribution mistake” (the tendency to interpret the behavior of others in terms of their dispositional character, instead of their situational circumstances), there is little room left to judge.
Judging people (in the personal, emotionally laden way) just seems like a waste of time. So where did I get the impression you ask? Well it’s just the sheer absence of judgmental language it in the way people write around here, and I’m not under the impression that it’s just being repressed for reasons of social etiquette. Perhaps I’m assuming too much by inferring from myself and projecting onto others, but I’ll just make that assumption for now and continue to update on new evidence as it rolls in.
Sure, the people around here aren’t judgmental, but the last LW/OB meetup I went to, Suicide Rock was there, and let me tell you that thing couldn’t have been more sanctimonious.