David_Gerard comments on Open thread, Sept. 1-7, 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: polymathwannabe 01 September 2014 12:18PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 07 September 2014 09:59:09PM *  -2 points [-]

You're seriously raising the notion of testosterone as magical competence juice as an explanation worth taking seriously? This would make teenage males the most competent and convincing people on the planet.

Comment author: gjm 07 September 2014 11:34:02PM 7 points [-]

I took the claim to be something different: testosterone is magical confidence juice, and at reasonable levels of competence more confidence leads to greater career success.

Comment author: [deleted] 08 September 2014 12:29:04AM *  0 points [-]

Indeed, that is the sane reading of gwern's comment.