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PhilGoetz comments on [LINK] Ethical Pick-Up Artistry (Clarisse Thorn) - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: KenChen 07 April 2011 06:34PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 08 April 2011 01:52:10AM 15 points [-]

The counterpart question is, "Because men approach and women choose, women have a tremendous amount of power over how men act, and over what relationships can exist. How can women use this power ethically?"

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2011 04:38:47AM *  1 point [-]

What if, in the spirit of learning from failure (and maybe not even failing), this question was used to start a conversation with someone whom the asker wished to flirt with?

Comment author: MBlume 11 April 2011 11:10:52PM *  0 points [-]

This seems to run into trouble with coordination failures...