magfrump comments on High Status and Stupidity: Why? - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 January 2010 04:36PM

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Comment author: Christian_Szegedy 12 January 2010 10:07:21PM 0 points [-]

I don't completely understand that comment either.

Does it mean that the question is whether the belief in one's own high status would influence the person to behave stupidly in some sense?

Comment author: magfrump 13 January 2010 04:30:44AM 0 points [-]

Belief in own status, or changed circumstances from people respecting the person.