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Bugmaster comments on First, they must be convinced to play the game - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: lavalamp 09 October 2011 04:52PM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 09 October 2011 10:18:05PM 7 points [-]

Note, I don't think this is because I'm an unpleasant person to converse with.

Do you have any objectively verifiable evidence of this ? I personally used to think the same way you did, until I was convinced by outside observers that I do indeed become a very unpleasant person when I'm arguing about something. Realizing something like this about oneself requires a level of introspection that most people -- myself included -- simply do not possess.

Comment author: lavalamp 10 October 2011 12:06:54AM 1 point [-]

Not specifically about a relevant conversation. But I don't think I've misinterpreted what people have said.

Comment author: Vaniver 11 October 2011 12:59:54PM 0 points [-]

The point is not what people have said, but what people have not said.

Comment author: lavalamp 11 October 2011 04:14:51PM 0 points [-]

I have had multiple people, ones with whom I have disagreements, directly state that they enjoy conversing with me. Other people I've spoken with don't like the entire class of discussion; I think I am more pleasant than a random person to have them with, but I freely admit I don't have strong evidence that that is the case.