Acty comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (7th thread, December 2014) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Acty 22 July 2015 06:19:11PM *  1 point [-]

Yup, playing status with accounts would be kinda stupid. (That's why you should stop doing it.)

You know what would be especially stupid? If we lived in a world that accorded me higher status than you because of my general level of aggression, and I could end this entire argument with "I'm high status, you're low status, I'm right, you're wrong, shut up now".

Now, wouldn't that be a really stupid world...?

So tell me again why giving status and prestige to aggressive people is a great idea?