User:AD/LW/Ugh field

Pavlovian conditioning can cause humans to unconsciously flinch from even thinking about a serious personal problem they have. We call it an "ugh field". The ugh field forms a self-shadowing blind spot covering an area desperately in need of optimization.

Blog posts

 * Avoiding Your Belief's Real Weak Points
 * Ugh fields by Roko
 * Defeating Ugh Fields in Practice by Psychohistorian
 * Learned Blankness by Anna Salamon
 * Don't Fear Failure by atucker