sixes_and_sevens comments on Open thread, Nov. 17 - Nov. 23, 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: MrMind 17 November 2014 08:25AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (322)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 17 November 2014 10:34:25PM 2 points [-]

I've heard a few justifications for the nose-touching example, and the one you provided is new to me.

The nose-touching example could alternatively have an empirical basis rather than a theoretical one. It came to mind because areas like body language, "soft skills" and the like are, in my experience, rife with people who've learned a list of such "facts".