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Emotions

TagLast edit: Apr 2, 2025, 9:11 AM by gustaf

Contrary to the stereotype, rationality doesn’t mean denying emotion. When emotion is appropriate to the reality of the situation, it should be embraced; only when emotion isn’t appropriate should it be suppressed.

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How to Ig­nore Your Emo­tions (while also think­ing you’re awe­some at emo­tions)

HazardJul 31, 2019, 1:34 PM
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Four fac­tors that mod­er­ate the in­ten­sity of emotions

RubyNov 24, 2018, 8:40 PM
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Men­tal Mountains

Scott AlexanderNov 27, 2019, 5:30 AM
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Book sum­mary: Un­lock­ing the Emo­tional Brain

Kaj_SotalaOct 8, 2019, 7:11 PM
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Neu­ral An­neal­ing: Toward a Neu­ral The­ory of Every­thing (cross­post)

Michael Edward JohnsonNov 29, 2019, 5:31 PM
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Three ways CFAR has changed my view of rationality

Julia_GalefSep 10, 2013, 6:24 PM
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Be­ing at peace with Doom

Johannes C. MayerApr 9, 2023, 2:53 PM
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I learn bet­ter when I frame learn­ing as Vengeance for losses in­curred through ig­no­rance, and you might too

chaosmageOct 15, 2022, 12:41 PM
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Anger

lsusrApr 18, 2021, 4:14 PM
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Re­solv­ing in­ter­nal con­flicts re­quires listen­ing to what parts want

Richard_NgoMay 19, 2023, 12:04 AM
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Self-sac­ri­fice is a scarce resource

mingyuanJun 28, 2020, 5:08 AM
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Build­ing up to an In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems model

Kaj_SotalaJan 26, 2019, 12:25 PM
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Emo­tions = Re­ward Functions

jpyykkoJan 20, 2022, 6:46 PM
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Limer­ence Messes Up Your Ra­tion­al­ity Real Bad, Yo

RaemonJul 1, 2022, 4:53 PM
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Lonelinesses

Jacob FalkovichMay 31, 2019, 1:55 PM
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Ugh fields

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My “2.9 trauma limit”

RaemonJul 1, 2023, 7:32 PM
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Feel­ing Rational

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 26, 2007, 4:48 AM
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Avoid mis­in­ter­pret­ing your emotions

Kaj_SotalaFeb 14, 2012, 11:51 PM
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“She Wanted It”

sarahconstantinNov 11, 2018, 10:00 PM
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Don’t feel bad about not know­ing ba­sic things

Adam ZernerMay 24, 2021, 1:49 AM
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The art of griev­ing well

ValentineDec 15, 2015, 7:55 PM
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Emo­tions Make Sense

DaystarEldAug 3, 2025, 7:03 AM
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Prepar­ing for ambition

Adam ZernerJul 19, 2021, 6:13 AM
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Defen­sive­ness does not equal guilt

Kaj_SotalaAug 29, 2025, 6:14 AM
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Sta­tus Reg­u­la­tion and Anx­ious Underconfidence

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2017, 7:35 PM
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Self-con­scious­ness wants to make ev­ery­thing about itself

jessicataJul 3, 2019, 1:44 AM
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On in­se­cu­rity as a friend

Kaj_SotalaOct 9, 2018, 6:30 PM
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Four Axes of Hunger

Brendan LongAug 14, 2025, 7:03 PM
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Re­sist the Happy Death Spiral

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 4, 2007, 1:15 AM
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Heal­ing vs. ex­er­cise analo­gies for emo­tional work

Kaj_SotalaJan 27, 2020, 7:10 PM
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You can be wrong about what you like, and you of­ten are

Adam ZernerDec 17, 2018, 11:49 PM
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Things are al­lowed to be good and bad at the same time

Kaj_SotalaOct 17, 2020, 8:00 AM
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Lisa Feld­man Bar­rett ver­sus Paul Ek­man on fa­cial ex­pres­sions & ba­sic emotions

Steven ByrnesJul 19, 2023, 2:26 PM
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The Skill of Notic­ing Emotions

Neel NandaJun 4, 2020, 5:48 PM
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You should just smile at strangers a lot

chaosmageSep 25, 2023, 8:12 PM
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Rus­sell Con­ju­ga­tions list & vot­ing thread

Daniel KokotajloFeb 20, 2023, 6:39 AM
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You are not too “ir­ra­tional” to know your prefer­ences.

DaystarEldNov 26, 2024, 3:01 PM
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Feel­ings are Good, Actually

Gordon Seidoh WorleyFeb 21, 2023, 2:38 AM
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It’s Okay to Feel Bad for a Bit

moridinamaelMay 10, 2025, 11:24 PM
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Leave an Emo­tional Line of Retreat

Johannes C. MayerJun 8, 2023, 6:36 PM
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Anx­iety and Rationality

[deleted]Jan 19, 2016, 6:30 PM
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Emo­tional reg­u­la­tion, Part I: a prob­lem summary

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 5, 2012, 11:10 PM
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[Question] How should one feel morally about us­ing chat­bots?

Adam ZernerMay 11, 2023, 1:01 AM
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The biolog­i­cal func­tion of love for non-kin is to gain the trust of peo­ple we can­not deceive

chaosmageNov 7, 2022, 8:26 PM
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How I [Kaj] found & fixed the root prob­lem be­hind my de­pres­sion and anx­iety af­ter 20+ years

Kaj_SotalaJul 26, 2017, 12:56 PM
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How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jan 23, 2012, 11:50 PM
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Emo­tional reg­u­la­tion Part II: re­search summary

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Mar 19, 2012, 9:51 PM
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A col­lec­tion of ap­proaches to con­fronting doom, and my thoughts on them

RubyApr 6, 2025, 2:11 AM
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Bound­less Emotion

GG10Jul 16, 2024, 4:36 PM
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Are Deon­tolog­i­cal Mo­ral Judg­ments Ra­tion­al­iza­tions?

lukeprogAug 16, 2011, 4:40 PM
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Con­flicts be­tween emo­tional schemas of­ten in­volve in­ter­nal coercion

Richard_NgoMay 17, 2023, 10:02 AM
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I’m scared.

Mass_DriverDec 23, 2010, 9:05 AM
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Gen­er­al­ized Han­gri­ness: A Stan­dard Ra­tion­al­ist Stance Toward Emotions

johnswentworthJul 10, 2025, 6:22 PM
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Book re­view: The Up­side of Your Dark Side: Why Be­ing Your Whole Self–Not Just Your “Good” Self–Drives Suc­cess and Fulfillment

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Ten­ta­tively con­sid­er­ing emo­tional sto­ries (IFS and “get­ting into Self”)

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Don’t waste your time med­i­tat­ing on med­i­ta­tion re­treats!

EternallyBlissfulJun 1, 2023, 4:56 PM
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Book Re­view: Affec­tive Neuroscience

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How feel­ing more se­cure feels differ­ent than I expected

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Emo­tion­ally Con­fronting a Prob­a­bly-Doomed World: Against Mo­ti­va­tion Via Dig­nity Points

TurnTroutApr 10, 2022, 6:45 PM
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How I ap­ply (so-called) Non-Violent Communication

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A Primer on the Sym­me­try The­ory of Valence

Michael Edward JohnsonSep 6, 2021, 11:39 AM
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What are Emo­tions?

Myles HNov 15, 2024, 4:20 AM
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Most peo­ple should prob­a­bly feel safe most of the time

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Strate­gies for deal­ing with emo­tional nihilism

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Homeo­static Bruce

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Prac­ti­cal Guidelines for Me­mory Reconsolidation

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Your in­tu­itions are not magic

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Nav­i­gat­ing emo­tions in an un­cer­tain & con­fus­ing world

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Good­hart’s Law in­side the hu­man mind

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Let­ting Others Be Vulnerable

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Subagents, trauma and rationality

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Here, have a calm­ness video

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Affec­tive Death Spirals

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 2, 2007, 4:44 PM
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Us­ing hu­mil­ity to coun­ter­act shame

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In­side View, Out­side View… And Op­pos­ing View

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18-month fol­low-up on my self-con­cept work

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Co­er­cion is an adap­ta­tion to scarcity; trust is an adap­ta­tion to abundance

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The Great Annealing

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Manag­ing Emo­tional Po­ten­tial Energy

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Me­mory re­con­soli­da­tion for self-affection

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It’s okay to be (at least a lit­tle) irrational

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Learn­ing to Learn and Nav­i­gat­ing Moods

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Wron­gol­ogy 101

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De­sire is the di­rec­tion, ra­tio­nal­ity is the magnitude

So8resApr 5, 2015, 5:27 PM
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Ex­plain­ing vs. Ex­plain­ing Away

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 17, 2008, 1:59 AM
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Im­ple­ment­ing the Se­cond Virtue: Feel the Emo­tions Which Fit the Facts

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Sto­icism: Cau­tion­ary Advice

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Beyond Han­gri­ness: A Deeper Frame­work for Emo­tional Clarity

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Paper Trauma

Qiaochu_YuanJan 31, 2018, 10:05 PM
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AGI will know: Hu­mans are not Rational

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Cal­ibrate your self-assessments

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EU Max­i­miz­ing in a Gloomy World

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Ex­plor­ing Emo­tional Align­ment: A Jour­ney of AI and Hu­man Con­nec­tion

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How to re­spond to the re­cent con­dem­na­tions of the ra­tio­nal­ist community

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On Emo­tional Re­spon­si­bil­ity & Abuse

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On say­ing “Thank you” in­stead of “I’m Sorry”

Michael CohnJul 8, 2024, 3:13 AM
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[Question] 3-P Group op­ti­mal for dis­cus­sion?

AiresJLJul 13, 2020, 10:23 PM
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Mor­pholog­i­cal in­tel­li­gence, su­per­hu­man em­pa­thy, and eth­i­cal arbitration

Roman LeventovFeb 13, 2023, 10:25 AM
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Be­ware Triv­ial Fears

StabilizerFeb 4, 2014, 5:40 AM
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No­body Is Perfect, Every­thing Is Commensurable

Scott AlexanderDec 19, 2014, 5:00 AM
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Joy in the Merely Real

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 20, 2008, 6:18 AM
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Emo­tional microscope

pchvykovSep 20, 2021, 9:37 PM
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truth.in­tegrity(): A Re­cur­sive Frame­work for Hal­lu­ci­na­tion Preven­tion and Alignment

brittneyluongApr 2, 2025, 5:52 PM
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The Com­edy of Behaviorism

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 2, 2008, 8:42 PM
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Car­ing less

eukaryoteMar 13, 2018, 10:53 PM
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Emo­tions are not beliefs

Chris_LeongAug 7, 2019, 6:27 AM
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Choose To Be Happy

DanArmakJan 1, 2011, 10:50 PM
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“Me­mento Mori”, Said The Confessor

namespaceFeb 2, 2020, 3:37 AM
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Sig­nal­ing Guilt

KriegerOct 8, 2022, 8:40 PM
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Tak­ing Away the Guns First: The Fun­da­men­tal Flaw in AI Development

s-iceNov 26, 2024, 10:11 PM
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