Bayeslisk comments on Ask and Guess - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 December 2010 01:14:56PM *  10 points [-]

I've seen it suggested that "Guess" is an unfair portrayal-- it's how Infer cultures look to people who don't know the rules.

Comment author: Bayeslisk 19 January 2014 11:36:09PM 0 points [-]

Sorry for the necromancy - I'd call Guess cultures Hint, Subtle, or Infer/Imply/Implicit cultures, and Ask cultures Blurt, Overt, or Explicit cultures, for the full range of connotation.