[ExI] This is my last post to the Extropian List

[William Flynn Wallace]

Hey Spike - it works like this:  suppose you are very right wing. That
means that fear is your main motivator in the political realm (fear is
probably the most important emotion anyway, but to the far right it is much
stronger - remember your Haidt).  Now someone tries to talk you out of your
political position.  Here is the way you interpret that:  "This person is
telling me to give up my fear.  He must be conning me.  If I give up my
fear I give up my protection.  I want to be always armed against this,
literally and figuratively.  So I dismiss this person and his point of
view.  People who want me to let down my guard are enemies trying to get
the best of me in some way".  To attack this point of view is just to make
it stronger.  I see no reason why this might not hold true even if a person
is left wing.  Elicit enough fear and this is the way it works.

bill w

bill w

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 9:25 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> ...> On Behalf Of Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] This is my last post to the Extropian List
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> >...Welcome back, Gordon. :) One of the key differences between the ExI
> list
> and other social media is that we appreciate dissenting opinions around
> here...
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> I appreciate dissenting opinions so long as they agree with MINE!
> Otherwise... Oh wait, retract.
>
> >... It was just strange how his normally cogent mind became unhinged over
> a
> certain ... Stuart LaForge
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> Hi Stuart, I am watching this phenomenon realtime in my own neighborhood
> with a particular neighbor, a very severe case.  But I don't know for sure
> if that political factor you named is the cause or just something that is
> happening in parallel.  I don't know how the heck that works.  I had
> assumed
> that once the US elections were over, that problem would go away, but if
> anything it is getting noticeably worse.
>
> On this forum we have a psychology professor and at least one, perhaps
> more,
> professionals in the field.  People who really were caught up in US
> politics
> in the past coupla years seem to have this notion that they are surrounded
> by armed enemies.  Anything one does to disabuse them of that notion seems
> to somehow reinforce it, creating a psychologically destructive positive
> feedback loop.
>
> spike
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