kodos96 comments on The Social Coprocessor Model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kodos96 15 May 2010 07:22:00PM *  1 point [-]

This particular example is taken from the world of pick-up, which has been tested more extensively than you can imagine.

On a very narrow and self-selecting sample, i.e. people who show up at bars and clubs with the express intention of getting "picked up"

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Comment author: kodos96 15 May 2010 09:55:00PM 0 points [-]

I think a lot of people, when they first turn 21 (or whatever the legal drinking age is in their jurisdiction) go through a phase of going to meat-markety type places, but eventually become disillusioned with that 'scene' and grow out of it.