Noumenon 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: Noumenon 23 October 2007 05:35:15PM 3 points [-]

I believe the reason for saying the opposite of what you mean is so that you and your friend can say, "We're clever. Others would not perceive our nuanced tone and would stupidly think we meant what we said." In the bush, don't people sometimes make the sound for "snake" when there is no snake, just so they can laugh and mock the person who foolishly believed there was a snake?