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Matt Arnold, Detroit MI USA. Nonfiction audiobook of "Meaningness".

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@itsannpierce @RatOrthodox But listen, Ann. I respect you a lot but using the word "harm" every other sentence when talking about my friend is the opposite of what stage 3 needs. My norm is to treat even stage 3s as grown adults as a way to support & encourage them to stage 4. https://t.co/xzwqd9YT26

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@itsannpierce @RatOrthodox He has 0 problem with me talking about this outside the group, bc it happens much more than is common knowledge. It's the 1st time he ever talked about it to anyone, bc it's complete social suicide with straight women, & in gay social circles to admit fake gay ever happens.

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@tracewoodgrains Stephen Prothero came up with a useful approach in "God Is Not One". Each major religious group identifies a different problem of the human condition & offers a solution to that.

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@Meaningness I can attest that it's no easy task to cajole you into doing so 😂

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@__drewface I can think of plenty of examples of both. It sounds like you've got a specific "it" on your mind but used a generalized framing.

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@EneaszWrites @bstract_thot I recently had a phone screening for an event I'm going to attend. Qs included "Are you aware some ppl will be naked" & "Confirm that you have prev attended an event that had nudity." Very responsible.

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@KennyEvitt We can never be sure of authorial intent, but readers can be forgiven for getting the impression that the start of Ch.2 works as a central example of rational Harry, from which the rest of the story is an extrapolation.

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This thread is my slightly-off-topic comment on Scott Alexander's recent interesting post about Fatima sun miracles. Link in 1st comment. I think it expresses something easy-to-get wrong in too-common rationalist norms about open-mindedness that moves epistemologically backward.

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@KennyEvitt Kind of yes & no. The whole sales pitch is, characters will act *less* consistently irrationally, & I like that. (@DaystarEld correct me if I'm wrong.) But sure, sometimes the characters don't. Thing is, I'm not sure readers pick up on what's an exemplar.

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I could name three people known for manipulation, who most of you are probably already thinking about. I keep telling people, those three are only one small piece of the problem. The target-rich social environment is the biggest part of it.

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This reversed process, from a tiny branch of a belief tumbleweed into the more load-bearing stances, instead of being mindful of the dispositions & stances from the outset, is probably why people adjacent to this scene get sucked into manipulative frames they end up regretting.