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ESRogs comments on More "Stupid" Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: NancyLebovitz 31 July 2013 09:18AM

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Comment author: ESRogs 02 August 2013 05:07:35AM 2 points [-]

When I'm reading a comment written by a name that I've seen enough to associate a personality with, I'm almost always aware of whose comment it is. But, when it's not a name I know well, I'm not consciously aware of having looked at the name and made that determination.

So I think I must always read the name, and if my brain doesn't recognize it, it automatically filters it out.