Disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via command → or ← in Mountain Lion

I would like to disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via command → or ← in Mountain Lion. It gives me motion sickness!

No third party applications installed; no gestures changed. It just starts acting up like I described a few times a day. I'll be browsing the internet and go to switch desktops and it suddenly doesn't work.

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Disable the sliding animation that occurs when switching desktops via command → or ← in Mountain Lion

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