homunq comments on Imagine a world where minds run on physics - Less Wrong

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Comment author: homunq 11 December 2011 02:10:43PM 0 points [-]

Actually, a bit of all three. The one you can control the most is probably "dork", which unpacks as "someone with complex ideas who is too impatient/show-offy to explain their idiosyncratic jargon".

I'm a native English speaker, and I know that I still frequently sound "dorky" in that sense when I try to be too succinct.

Comment author: red75 12 December 2011 06:19:48AM 0 points [-]

It is valuable information, thanks. I underestimated relative weight of communication style in the feedback I got.