Perplexed comments on Are committed truthseekers lonelier? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 11 January 2011 09:56:58PM 2 points [-]

I don't see why truth seekers should have any extra difficulty attracting friends. Truth speakers are a different story.

Trouble is, it's very hard to prevent these things from influencing one another.

Then perhaps learning to separate the two should become one of the core skills of the instrumental rationalist.

Actually, I'm being glib here. The core skill I myself would advocate developing would be learning when to separate the two.

Comment author: JenniferRM 13 January 2011 01:23:35AM 0 points [-]

I would be interested in reading an article that addressed the "when" question.

Comment author: Perplexed 13 January 2011 03:20:38AM 0 points [-]

Well, I'm not the person to write that article. I don't even understand why people need to be reminded not to 'shoot the messenger'. It is because receiving the message is painful? Because the message is not believed?

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