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Tl;Dr version: Pavlovian conditioning can cause humans to unconsciously flinch from even thinking about a serious personal problem they have, we call…

x Ugh fields — LessWrong Akrasia Aversion Emotions Motivations Frontpage 464 Ugh fields by Roko 12th Apr 2010 3 min read 82 464 Tl;Dr version: Pavlovian conditioning can cause humans to unconsciously flinch from even thinking about a serious personal problem they have, we call it an "Ugh Field" 1 . The Ugh Field forms a self-shadowing blind spot covering an area desperately in need of optimization, imposing huge costs. A problem with the human mind — your human mind — is that it's a horrific kludge that will fail when you most need it not to. The Ugh Field failure mode is one of those really a

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