Disliking/Hating Tendency
Updated 2026-08-11
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
One of Charlie Munger's psychological tendencies and the mirror image of liking. The core claim is that once hostility forms, attention searches for confirming faults, merits go unregistered, and negative explanations are invented to keep the hatred coherent. The key qualification is that the distortion spreads by association, so people and things connected to the disliked party are devalued as well, and it operates whether or not the original grievance was justified.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Forced merits: list three real strengths or useful practices of the party you dislike - Reason audit: separate how much of your case is about people and how much about facts - Steelman first: restate the opponent's argument until they accept your version
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Hostility pre-selects what attention looks for, so faults are found first and merits are never registered. To keep the emotion internally consistent, the mind then manufactures additional negative explanations rather than tolerating mixed evidence. Association extends the devaluation to anyone or anything linked to the disliked party, widening the blind spot well beyond the original grievance.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- mungermodels.comhttps://mungermodels.com/models/disliking-hating-tendencyverified
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