wedrifid comments on The many faces of status - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Morendil 15 April 2010 03:31PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 16 April 2010 11:04:59AM *  0 points [-]

These transactions, BTW, can be mediated even by relatively low-bandwidth interactions, such as text conversations. I find it fascinating how people can make each other feel various emotions just with words: anger, shame, pride. A forum such as Less Wrong isn't just a place for debate and argument, it is also very much a locus of social interaction. Keeping that in mind is important.

Sometimes I wish I could get that out of my mind. (*Mutters about the epistemic inefficiency of primate communication.*)