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

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Comment author: shokwave 08 December 2010 02:53:58PM *  0 points [-]

Between strangers, 7. Between acquaintances or friends, variation but it would congeal into two large groups hovering around 6 and 4.

If you want to see 9s and 10s you have to look for certain types of unstable power dynamics.

Basically, I like LessWrong's approach because it feels more like 'friendship group where politeness of 4-3 is okay' and less like 'strangers you should be polite to'.