faul_sname comments on The Power of Reinforcement - Less Wrong

96 Post author: lukeprog 21 June 2012 01:42PM

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Comment author: faul_sname 24 June 2012 05:31:52AM 4 points [-]

Oh, probably. I hear Luke has more real-life charisma... Though he kind of kills the "fosters a distrust of outside sources" with the amount he cites outside sources.

Comment author: wedrifid 24 June 2012 06:19:57AM *  9 points [-]

Oh, probably. I hear Luke has more real-life charisma... Though he kind of kills the "fosters a distrust of outside sources" with the amount he cites outside sources.

Quite a lot of charisma, but nothing near the level a cult leader would need to pull off a personality cult. (Although he could probably make up for this if he really wanted to by spending a few weeks reading up research on cult formation then applying it systematically as a 'how to' guide.)

Comment author: Swimmer963 24 June 2012 08:41:09AM 3 points [-]

Quite a lot of charisma, but nothing near the level a cult leader would need to pull off a personality cult. (Although he could probably make up for this if he really wanted to by spending a few weeks reading up research on cult formation then applying it systematically as a 'how to' guide.)

I would like to see Lukeprog post an article on that topic. It would be fascinating.

Comment author: wedrifid 24 June 2012 09:05:49AM 5 points [-]

I would like to see Lukeprog post an article on that topic. It would be fascinating.

Fascinating but suboptimal signalling.