Insert_Idionym_Here comments on Hold Off On Proposing Solutions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Insert_Idionym_Here 10 September 2012 10:05:41PM 11 points [-]

I have attempted using this in more casual decision making situations, and the response I get is nearly always something along the lines of "Okay, just let me propose this one solution, we won't get attached to it or anything, just hear me out..."

Comment author: shminux 10 September 2012 10:13:37PM 5 points [-]

What do you do in this situation? Let them speak? Ask them to write down their solution, to be discussed later?

Oops... Couldn't resist proposing solutions.

Comment author: Insert_Idionym_Here 11 September 2012 05:08:44AM 1 point [-]

To be perfectly honest, at the time I simply planted my face on the table in front of me a few times. I was at a dinner party with friends of my mother's; I would have sounded extremely condescending otherwise.

Comment author: shminux 11 September 2012 04:30:12PM 1 point [-]

Ah yes, status mismatch in a not very rational crowd. Not much you can do there.