BenLowell comments on Meetup : Ugh Fields

BenLowell 20 Apr 2014 4:31 UTC
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I think that it’s worth discussing the non-lesswrong term for an ugh field: Anxiety

I noticed that it wasn’t mentioned in the original article or comments, but this is a case of people rediscovering what there is already a large field of research on. It may be helpful for learning more.
- satt 21 Apr 2014 23:23 UTC
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  I think that it’s worth discussing the non-lesswrong term for an ugh field: Anxiety
  
  Also “aversion”.
  - BenLowell 22 Apr 2014 6:03 UTC
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    and “avoidance coping”
  - Shmi 21 Apr 2014 23:37 UTC
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    It’s not just aversion, it’s an extreme aversion at the System 1 level.