Incorrect comments on [SEQ RERUN] The Opposite Sex - Less Wrong

1 Post author: MinibearRex 18 June 2012 04:12AM

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Comment author: Incorrect 18 June 2012 05:36:56AM 5 points [-]
  • Understanding the opposite sex is hard. Not as hard as understanding an AI, but it's still attempting empathy across a brainware gap: trying to use your brain to understand something that is not like your brain.

As Eliezer so often asks, could you be more specific?

I'm having trouble thinking of specific examples of the opposite sex being harder to understand than my own and thus I don't really understand EY's statement.

Comment author: CommanderShepard 18 June 2012 07:33:05AM 7 points [-]

Makes sense if you assume EY had a poor model of women's sexuality and romantic preferences, which is remarkably easy since most of pop culture is basically disinformation on the subject.