Adele_L comments on Mistakes repository - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Dorikka 09 September 2013 03:32AM

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Comment author: Creutzer 09 September 2013 12:51:31PM *  1 point [-]

Failing to learn one's social norms quickly enough

That's a bit like saying "breaking a leg". Nobody does that intentionally. The mistake lies in what you make of it: being purposely asocial is not a good idea (especially through college age).

Comment author: ikrase 11 September 2013 04:38:38AM 1 point [-]

There were methods available for me to learn them. All I had to do was just some freaking low-risk costless empirical tests to calibrate it. My parents were telling me to. Once I reached college I did the tests and now am reasonably social.

Comment author: Metus 11 September 2013 07:05:23AM 1 point [-]

Provide more concrete examples please.

Comment author: ikrase 11 September 2013 09:22:55AM 1 point [-]

Failing to ask people to spend time with me or work on projects together even when that was probably expected of me and (not in hindsight, but at the time) probably had few to no possible negative consequences.