Blueberry comments on The Social Coprocessor Model - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blueberry 15 May 2010 07:25:29PM 4 points [-]

Good point about "you're wrong," which has unnerved me a few times. Also, especially on this site: "you're unethical" or "that's unethical."

Comment author: HughRistik 15 May 2010 07:52:14PM 7 points [-]

In intellectual circles, it often seems to be considered acceptable to communicate intellectual disagreement in an assertive way, the assumption being that everyone knows that disagreement isn't personal. This communication style jars some intellectuals, and it enjoyed by others. Non-intellectual people universally hate this communication style.