Perplexed comments on Defecting by Accident - A Flaw Common to Analytical People - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Relsqui 07 December 2010 05:05:19AM 1 point [-]

Anything softer would have been condescending.

Do you find this condescending?

"You seem to have misread his comment--he said 'bowing out now,' not 'for now.'"

If so, can you explain why? Whether you do or not, what significantly worse result would you expect from that response, as opposed to teasing him about it?

Comment author: Perplexed 07 December 2010 01:52:35PM 0 points [-]

Do you find this condescending?

No. That is fine too. The teasing was inessential.

Comment author: Relsqui 08 December 2010 05:36:07AM 2 points [-]

Well, that's as much politeness as I was talking about, so I still think it's no worse than bluntness would have been.