cousin_it comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 01 June 2010 11:27:34PM 5 points [-]

A social custom would be established that buttons are only to be pressed by knocking foreheads together. Offering to press a button in a fashion that doesn't ensure mutuality is seen as a pathetic display of low status.

Comment author: cousin_it 02 June 2010 09:21:28AM 3 points [-]

Hah. Status is relative, remember? Your setup just ensures that "dodging" at the last moment, getting your button pressed without pressing theirs, is seen as a glorious display of high status.