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dirk's avatar

A bit tangential, but for the longest time I've had a lexical gap for 'the personality trait which psychoticism sounds like it should mean but doesn't'; I'm pleased to learn there's an actual word I can use!

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Thor Odinson's avatar

One of the things that always strikes me with questions about how you think or perceive the world is that most people have no comparison point - and to the extent that one can kind of compare with other people, the nature of bubbles mean that you won't ever be comparing yourself to an "average" person - your family shares your genes and your friends are probably actively selected for being "like you" in some way.

How rich is an inner world, 'normally'? How complex and meaningful are other people's thoughts?

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