AShepard comments on How to always have interesting conversations - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 14 June 2010 12:35AM

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Comment author: AShepard 16 June 2010 04:58:39AM 1 point [-]

You are certainly correct, and I think what you say reinforces the point. Building comfort is a social function rather than an information exchange function, which is why you don't particularly care whether or not your conversation leads to more accurate predictions for tomorrow's weather.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 June 2010 05:47:27AM 3 points [-]

These are difficult concepts for those of us who work regularly with meteorological data!