Comment by csours

I know we're all good little rational kids here, but even rationalists need to learn about emotions. Strong emotional responses are currently holding back human advancement. If you look closely at history, it has been always thus.

** "in my opinion" is always implied, unless a source is given **

Reading about airline crashes has radically changed how I view blame.

The way I was raised and the choices I made as an adult have given me a relatively rare point of view: people are made of humans, and humans are made of animals, and animals have limited capabilities.

I can explain someone's actions, or I can excuse someone's actions, and the difference is largely in the mind of the beholder.

Social punishment is micro and macro. On the macro it looks like shared morality and it feels like safety. On the micro it looks like emotional invalidation and it feels like danger and isolation.