Thinking up actual historical examples is hard for me. The following is mostly true, partly made up.
(#4) I don’t necessarily have trouble talking about my emotions, but when there are any clear incentives for me to make particular claims, I tend to shut down. It feels viscerally dishonest (at least sometimes) to say things, particularly positive things, which I have an incentive to say. For example, responding “it’s good to see you too” in response to “it’s good to see you” sometimes (not always) feels dishonest even when true.
(#4) Talking about money with an employer feels very difficult, in a way that’s related to intuitively discarding any motivated arguments and expecting others to do the same.
(#6) I’m not sure if I was at the party, but I am generally in the crowd Grognor was talking about, and very likely engaged in similar behavior to what he describes.
(#5) I have tripped up when trying to explain something because I noticed myself reaching for examples to prove my point, and the “cherry-picking” alarm went off.
(#5, #4) I have noticed that a friend was selecting arguments that I should go to the movies with him in a biased way which ignored arguments to the contrary, and ‘shut down’ in the conversation (become noncommittal / slightly unresponsive).
(#3) I have thought in mistaken ways which would have accepted modest-epistemology arguments, when thinking about decision theory.
Thinking up actual historical examples is hard for me. The following is mostly true, partly made up.
(#4) I don’t necessarily have trouble talking about my emotions, but when there are any clear incentives for me to make particular claims, I tend to shut down. It feels viscerally dishonest (at least sometimes) to say things, particularly positive things, which I have an incentive to say. For example, responding “it’s good to see you too” in response to “it’s good to see you” sometimes (not always) feels dishonest even when true.
(#4) Talking about money with an employer feels very difficult, in a way that’s related to intuitively discarding any motivated arguments and expecting others to do the same.
(#6) I’m not sure if I was at the party, but I am generally in the crowd Grognor was talking about, and very likely engaged in similar behavior to what he describes.
(#5) I have tripped up when trying to explain something because I noticed myself reaching for examples to prove my point, and the “cherry-picking” alarm went off.
(#5, #4) I have noticed that a friend was selecting arguments that I should go to the movies with him in a biased way which ignored arguments to the contrary, and ‘shut down’ in the conversation (become noncommittal / slightly unresponsive).
(#3) I have thought in mistaken ways which would have accepted modest-epistemology arguments, when thinking about decision theory.