in my own frame, Yudkowsky’s post is central example of Denying Reality. Duncan’s Fabricated Options are another example of Denying Reality. when reality is to hard to deal with, people are… denying reality. refuse to accept it.
the only protection i know is to leave line of retreat—and it’s easier if you do it as algorithm, even when you honestly believe it’s not needed.
not all your examples are Denying Reality be my categorization. other have different kind if Unthinkable things. and sometimes they mess together—the Confused Young Idealist may be actually confused—there are two kinds if Unthinkables. the one when if someone point it up to you you say—wow, i would have never thought that myself! and then understand, and the one when the reaction is angry denial (and of course it’s not actually two, and there are a lot of space on the spectrum between the two).
not very helpful, but… i’m struggling with how to talk to people who do that. I tried various strategies, and came back to tell it as it is. it’s actually get me better results then trying to sneak around this. not that i got good results, but… i think it reveal useless conversations faster, AND let good potential conversations to actually occur.
in my own frame, Yudkowsky’s post is central example of Denying Reality. Duncan’s Fabricated Options are another example of Denying Reality. when reality is to hard to deal with, people are… denying reality. refuse to accept it.
the only protection i know is to leave line of retreat—and it’s easier if you do it as algorithm, even when you honestly believe it’s not needed.
not all your examples are Denying Reality be my categorization. other have different kind if Unthinkable things. and sometimes they mess together—the Confused Young Idealist may be actually confused—there are two kinds if Unthinkables. the one when if someone point it up to you you say—wow, i would have never thought that myself! and then understand, and the one when the reaction is angry denial (and of course it’s not actually two, and there are a lot of space on the spectrum between the two).
not very helpful, but… i’m struggling with how to talk to people who do that. I tried various strategies, and came back to tell it as it is. it’s actually get me better results then trying to sneak around this. not that i got good results, but… i think it reveal useless conversations faster, AND let good potential conversations to actually occur.