wedrifid comments on How to understand people better - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 12 October 2011 10:17:06AM *  3 points [-]

Ah, but who says she is being ineffective?

Me. You will notice (or, rather, I would usually expect HughRistik to notice) that the quote is explicitly conditional on the technique being a an overt self aware strategy. And I really do assert that if I was a self aware scheming manipulator that I could do better. Frankly it is an amateur move. A more talented or more experienced bitch (using the term in a technical sense to whatever extent that is possible) would sneer at the though of being so crude.

Humans were selected for having reproductively successful relationships, but not all successful mating strategies involve harmony.

I agree. War, rape, infanticide, murder and even being a pain in the ass are highly viable strategies. Learning how to be a pain in the ass productively is a highly recommended life skill.

Comment author: HughRistik 15 October 2011 01:37:07AM 3 points [-]

Very well, I concede that there could be more powerful self-aware plays.