army1987 comments on Evaluability (And Cheap Holiday Shopping) - Less Wrong
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Isn't signalling knowledge about the recipient pretty much the whole point of giving presents? Otherwise we'd just give people cash.
You can signal various other things too like sophisticated taste or having spent time picking/creating the present etc.