Lumifer comments on You have a set amount of "weirdness points". Spend them wisely. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 December 2014 05:41:31AM 2 points [-]

It is much easier to pretend online, but it's also harder to convince somebody of something.

Comment author: dxu 04 December 2014 04:41:28AM 2 points [-]

Would you say the difficulty of convincing someone scales proportionally with the ease of pretending?

Comment author: Lumifer 04 December 2014 05:55:27AM 2 points [-]

Hm. I don't know. I think it's true when comparing a face-to-face conversation with an online one, but I have no idea whether that can be extended to a general rule.