gwern comments on Optimal rudeness - Less Wrong

-7 Post author: PhilGoetz 13 April 2013 03:48AM

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Comment author: gwern 14 April 2013 05:52:06PM -1 points [-]

Are you also implying that you don't understand why it is unpleasant? That's the default assumption when someone asks "Why X?"

I have my own beliefs on why it might be perceived as 'unpleasant'; the question was Socratic.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 16 April 2013 03:39:13AM 0 points [-]

Why don't you just say what it is you're trying to say?