Kaj_Sotala comments on Muehlhauser-Wang Dialogue - Less Wrong

24 Post author: lukeprog 22 April 2012 10:40PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 24 April 2012 05:51:15AM 0 points [-]

Status makes people (have the tendency and social incentives that make them act) stupid when it comes to comprehending others.

Reference.

Comment author: Peterdjones 21 January 2013 11:42:21AM *  0 points [-]

Do you think that generalises to academics? Wouldn't a researcher who never changed their mind about anything be dismissed as a hidebound fogey?