AdeleneDawner comments on Least Signaling Activities? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 27 May 2009 04:13:25PM 0 points [-]

Dennett's intentional stance.

Interesting reading. And yes, it's pretty disturbing how most people can be best understood by taking a design stance rather than an intentional stance - seeing the average Joe as being designed to respond to social, internal, or situational cues rather than intentionally following a path may be impolite, but it works more often than not.