komponisto comments on Video Q&A with Singularity Institute Executive Director - Less Wrong

42 Post author: lukeprog 10 December 2011 11:27AM

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Comment author: komponisto 12 December 2011 09:10:41PM 3 points [-]

the contradiction between a relatively familiar / seemingly friendly phrase and the general expression of disagreement.

The phrase was intended to be friendly, precisely in order to mitigate the general expression of disagreement!

Comment author: Emile 15 December 2011 11:41:16AM 1 point [-]

Data point: It didn't come off that way to me either, I found it sounded condescending.

I agree that "at Singularity Institute" sounds weird, but I also know that judgement on what sounds weird or what connotations come up - including things like "I'll let you in on a secret" - vary a lot from person to person, even among people from the same language and country and background.