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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by Ididntdothis on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:22AM (#22256110)
Ever been in a relationship? There are a lot of problems you can’t just solve with rational thinking.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by jodrellblank on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:36PM (#22260021)
Problems which can't be expressed as a ratio.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by bawolff on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:05PM (#22260295)
So the real problems.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by mc3 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:48PM (#22260736)
And complex ones.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by smnplk on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:50PM (#22261721)
Are you saying all problems are imaginary ?
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by mc3 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:16PM (#22261903)
When you get to the root of them, yes.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by vorpalhex on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:34AM (#22256210)
Emotional intelligence and empathy are still part of the mind.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by vanderZwan on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:59AM (#22256409)
The original comment mentioned rational minds, which is relying on neither of those things.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by stonogo on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:23PM (#22261105)
Rational was an adjective. If you think that "rationality" is some objective feature that humanity can separate from emotions, you are deluded.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by vanderZwan on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:30PM (#22261601)
This reply somehow gets and misses what I was trying to get at.

No, of course I don't believe rationality is like that. The implicit point was that many people in tech do have an attitude like this. They overvalue their "objective" rational reasoning, ironically due to irrational needs.

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