# ick factor (aversion)

*Ordinarily means:* an instinctive feeling of disgust that makes people reject something

A wall a collective self sets against a thing from a felt reading alone, which persists against any model that reads the thing as good.

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [collective self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collective-self.shared), [set](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-set.fix), [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [against](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-against.opposition), [feel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feel.sensory), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [alone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-alone.state), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [good](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good.moral)

**Through:** The wall is set by feeling rather than by a model, so arguments about harm act on a different part of the self from the one holding the wall.

**Novel properties:**
- a wall no argument addresses
- a boundary set before any model

## Examples
- Water agencies proposing to purify wastewater for drinking have long cited the 'yuck factor' as a main obstacle to public acceptance. *(policy)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ick-factor.aversion*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ick-factor.aversion.json*  
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