wedrifid comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 14 September 2012 12:01:10PM *  17 points [-]

You... know I don't optimize dinner parties as focus groups, right?

It is perhaps more importantly dinner parties are optimised for status and social comfort. Actually giving honest feedback rather than guessing passwords would be a gross faux pas.

Getting feedback at dinner parties is a good way to optimise the social experience of getting feedback and translate one's own status into the agreement of others.