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+Title: Interlude XXII
+Date: 2023-06-15 12:05
+Category: other
+Tags: interlude, cathartic, my robot cult
+
+_(a stray thought from October 2016)_
+
+Erotic-target-location-erroneous is the _uniquely_ best sexual orientation for rationalists—I mean _intrinsically_, not just because everyone has it.
+
+ * it's abstract
+ * it [requires effort](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DoLQN5ryZ9XkZjq5h/tsuyoku-naritai-i-want-to-become-stronger) to realize
+ * without an unusual amount of [epistemic luck](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/8bWbNwiSGbGi9jXPS/epistemic-luck) or an _enormous_ amount of map–territory-distinction skill, virtually everyone _wildly misinterprets_ what the underlying psychological phenomenon is ("That's clearly a mere _effect_ of my horrible, crippling gender dysphoria, not a _cause_—and besides, that's totally normal for cis women, too" _A-ha-ha-ha-ha!_ You delusional bastards!), so the few people who do notice get essential training in the important life skill of [noticing that everything you've ever cared about is a lie](http://zackmdavis.net/blog/2016/09/bayesomasochism/) and that [everyone is in on it](/2016/Nov/new-clothes/)