John_Maxwell_IV comments on Rationality Quotes November 2013 - Less Wrong
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One reading: "offense" as "trying to lower another's status" and "defense" as "trying to preserve one's own status". The people you can learn from are the ones whose brains focus on facts rather than status.
I'm not sure if this is relevant.
In a technical sense, of course you can learn from people on offense/defense, since they are giving you information.