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AdeleneDawner comments on Leveling IRL - Less Wrong Discussion

33 Post author: cousin_it 05 August 2011 09:35PM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 07 August 2011 09:26:21PM 3 points [-]

It seems pretty unavoidable to me that people will 'win' status this way. On the other hand, if 'level 4 programmer' means something specific, and someone claims to be one, that claim should be falsifiable, and they should lose a significant chunk of status if it's falsified - more than they'd gain from the lie in the first place, in fact. So it's still unlikely to be a problem.