Nick_Tarleton comments on Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 October 2007 11:49PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 22 October 2007 01:37:15PM 2 points [-]

If they were told Mark left a voice message, it would be rational to assume June would identify sarcasm, because it would be rational to assume that Mark left it in a sarcastic tone (or not) if he intended sarcasm (or not). Though the written note case shows that's not what's really going on, unfortunately.