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

86 Post author: lionhearted 01 December 2010 08:25AM

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 07 December 2010 11:34:03PM 11 points [-]

This post could have been custom-written for me. I have the problems you listed; I was definitely "that kid" in school,... and just five minutes ago I wrote a comment pointing out someone's unclear phrasing. I just went and edited it.

Comment author: wstrinz 07 December 2010 11:50:09PM 6 points [-]

despite all of the concerns raised in lionhearted's post, and everything that's been written on LW about how analytic types have trouble getting along without getting defensive and prickly, I still think I wouldn't see a response like this just about anywhere else on the internet. karma points to you

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 08 October 2011 10:53:24AM 7 points [-]

Yes.

But it also proves lionhearted's point: You can get great results, if you speak with people the right way.

The right way has different ratio of ingredients in LW and outside LW. The carefulness described in the article is nice to have in LW, but absolutely necessary in most of the world.