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“... everybody needed the witches, but hated the fact that they did, and somehow the hatred of the fact could become the hatred of the person.”
― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight

tags: hatred, kindness, resentment

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“The best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to reject it.4”
― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often

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Goodreads Librarians Group — 334896 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Effective Altruists — 660 members — last activity Jul 18, 2026 12:38PM
Recommend books, see what other people are reading, start a discussion, what have you. N.B. This group is not actively moderated and doesn't have any ...more

LessWrong — 595 members — last activity Dec 18, 2016 12:38AM
Users of Less Wrong, a community blog dedicated to refining the art of human rationality.