Giles comments on So what are our Mid-Term goals? - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Fergus_Mackinnon 29 June 2011 08:44PM

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Comment author: Giles 01 July 2011 12:36:35AM 2 points [-]

Does the Less Wrong movement suffer from not having enough "people people"? I would guess that getting the ability to influence people (as opposed to basic social skills) is something that takes a lot of work.

Comment author: Fergus_Mackinnon 01 July 2011 08:29:26AM 0 points [-]

I think so. The people most given to the introspection that leads to an interest in this philosophy seem to be those somehow marginalized by society, and they typically aren't very socially adept. Which is a pity, given how supportive a background in rationalist literature could be for a psychology student.