JoshuaZ comments on Rational Romantic Relationships, Part 1: Relationship Styles and Attraction Basics - Less Wrong

48 Post author: lukeprog 05 November 2011 11:06AM

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Comment author: lessdazed 07 November 2011 04:38:48PM -1 points [-]

I'm surprised this comment was made and is so highly upvoted because it doesn't meet your usual standards.

Specifically, the context is "it's not obvious what that phrase means. Assuming everyone who believes "it" actually has beliefs that provide predictions, it's not obvious that those believers make common predictions," and you responded with a paraphrase that I believe is close to the truest meaning of the phrase. Some problems:

  1. It's not obvious what your comment's function is. You probably meant to assert at least that this is a true and near truest interpretation of the phrase. The context is my assertion that people mean different things by the phrase, do you (also) mean to imply that people using it are generally using it accurately?

  2. "On average" isn't specific enough.

  3. You missed saying the truer, deeper pattern behind the true statement, the {6, 6, 6, 6, 6, ...}, though it isn't something implied by the phrase. That deeper truth is that it is behaviors indicating high status that are attractive. Usually these are "selfish and aggressive", not showing concern with others' standards, but conspicuous vulnerability/non high-status behavior also shows high status by ignoring opportunities to display high status with selfishness and aggression. See e.g. John Mayer.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 07 November 2011 05:38:55PM *  1 point [-]

I think the comment is being upvoted in the context of it being a translation of the claim, not in the context of it being an assertion that the claim is true.