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Comment author: SilasBarta 14 May 2010 05:21:10PM -2 points [-]

the "buy me a drink" problem: you approach an attractive NT person who you might like as a future partner. After a short time, they ask you to buy them a drink. The logical answer to this question is "what kind of drink would you like?", because in most social situations where you want to build up a positive relationship with a person, it is best to comply with their requests; not creating explicit conflict is usually a safe heuristic. But this is the wrong answer in this context, and you can store in your cache of counter-intuitive answers.

Warning: Some posters may regard this advice as an act of terrorism (in moral equivalence if not by that label).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 May 2010 05:47:07PM 5 points [-]

I recommend not anticipating the mistakes you expect people to make. I believe it makes updating more difficult.

Comment author: SilasBarta 14 May 2010 09:56:44PM 1 point [-]

Good point.

While we're on the topic of giving advice, I recommend that posters here not throw off strong Bayesian evidence that they hold a very adversarial position with respect to truthful, non-PC advice about the psychology of romance as it pertains to women. Had I lacked such evidence from posters, I would have also refrained from making the above post.