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Comment author: SilasBarta 14 May 2010 12:42:59PM 2 points [-]

you could probably port that to a lot of situations where 'playing by the rules' (aka. aiming for the stated target) will leave you worse off than critically judging a situation, reading through the rules, integrating context and inferring the real goal in a given situation...

PUA vs. women's stated preferences in men, I'm looking in your general direction here.

(PUA = pick-up artist strategies)