thomblake comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Cyan 26 November 2012 03:09:40PM *  6 points [-]

This comment is directed to the LW commentariat, not just Daniel_Burfoot.

Fill in the blank with responses covering reasonable prior probability mass:

Father: You need to be able to cook and keep a clean house, or what man would want to marry you?
Daughter: I'm not interested in getting married -- I'm going to focus on my career instead.
Father: __________

Father: You need to be able to cook and keep a clean house, or what man would want to marry you?
Daughter: I'm not interested in getting married -- to a man.
Father: __________

Father: You need to get a good job and learn how to dress well, or what woman would want to marry you?
Son: I'm not interested in getting married -- I'm going to focus on my hacking skills and RPG game design.
Father: __________

Father: You need to get a good job and learn how to dress well, or what woman would want to marry you?
Son: I'm not interested in getting married -- to a woman.
Father: __________

Comment author: thomblake 26 November 2012 05:09:52PM *  5 points [-]

Daughter: I'm not interested in getting married -- to a woman.

I'm guessing example #4 was supposed to have a character named "Son"?

Comment author: Cyan 27 November 2012 04:57:17AM 1 point [-]

Yup, thanks.