Ty for the feedback, seems fair + useful. I’ve just gone through and added more epistemic signposting + softened the language at various points. Was this the main reason you kept it a personal blogpost?
I think this is a totally true sentence, but I’d come at it from a frame that’s not rooted in “figure out courage or self-deception in particular” – I think when I’m having having a strong, persistent emotion, that’s a good sign that “something is up” that I should investigate, but I’d do so with a pretty open mind about what you might find.
Also agree. Have now edited the relevant paragraph to read:
There’s no silver bullet for tackling either of these, but they’re often associated with strong emotions which recur in a wide range of situations. Throughout this sequence I’ve described various ways to understand such emotions; the self-deception frame can be seen as one more tool for doing so, by asking: if a part of me was using these emotions to try to hide something, what would it be?
Ty for the feedback, seems fair + useful. I’ve just gone through and added more epistemic signposting + softened the language at various points. Was this the main reason you kept it a personal blogpost?
Also agree. Have now edited the relevant paragraph to read: