DevilWorm comments on Skill: The Map is Not the Territory - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 October 2012 09:59AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 08 October 2012 02:56:00AM 0 points [-]

Then he'd probably ignore alicorn's scornful comment

Yes. It would probably also involve expressing agreement with part of what Alicorn said (ideally part that he could sincerely agree with) and perhaps paraphrasing another part back with an elaboration. That seems to work sometimes.

I don't think gwern's required to turn the other cheek, and you obviously don't think you are so required, either.

No, I don't (where all the negatives add up to agreement with this quote). That is just what would gain the immense respect for social grace (and plain grace).