NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 07 August 2010 12:19:20AM 3 points [-]

Thank you for writing this up.

The one thing I wondered about was whether the techniques for getting compliance interfere with getting information. For example, what if someone who isn't consenting to a search is actually right about the law?

Comment author: sketerpot 07 August 2010 02:33:20AM 1 point [-]

The thing that bothers me about the talk is that most of it makes the assumption that you're being calm and rational, that you're right, and that whoever you're talking to is irrational and needs to be verbally judo'd into compliance. Sometimes that's the case, but most of the techniques don't really apply to situations where you're dealing with another calm, sane person as an equal.