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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by namanyayg on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:24AM (#22256130)
Any that involves interaction with multiple people; you cannot predict others, especially since most people don't always act fully rationally.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by bawolff on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:12PM (#22260368)
I think people say that others dont act rationally, when really they just don't understand the other person's goals and how their behaviour contributes to their goals.

If i pass up $100 to get a burger, am i acting irrationally? It depends if i'm hungry. It depends how much $100 means to me (Am i bill gates?). Its impossible to say from the outside. I'm convinced much behaviour is basically the same except much more complex with multiple conflicting priorities.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by tonyh249 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:54PM (#22260808)
No, people really just don't think rationally. Read Daniel Kahneman. It's been studied extensively.
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Re:Ask HN: How did you fix your narcissism? by tbs_ on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:42AM (#22256286)
No one always acts fully rationally
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