Elo comments on The Problem (TM) - Analyse a conversation - Less Wrong

-6 Post author: Elo 26 July 2016 11:03AM

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Comment author: Elo 26 July 2016 11:13:09PM -2 points [-]

"A few weeks ago I punched a housemate in the face ten times, breaking her nose"

At the time I considered the value of digging into this and decided against it. I suspect there was more to the story, but figured the details would come out if they were relevant. Given that it was the one example of hurting people, I don't think it was an ongoing problem. To shake up that specific event wouldn't have led to all the other possible problems.

(more to come later)

Comment author: ChristianKl 31 July 2016 06:29:44PM 1 point [-]

I suspect there was more to the story, but figured the details would come out if they were relevant.

Scott wrote how "tell me more" is a very effective tool in his arsenal. It can be useful to go deep.

Given that it was the one example of hurting people, I don't think it was an ongoing problem.

You did nothing to check whether that was the only example.

Comment author: Strangeattractor 28 July 2016 04:05:38PM 0 points [-]

"What do you think is the biggest problem here?" is a different question than "What do you think I could have successfully started to address in one conversation?"