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jsteinhardt comments on Open thread for January 1-7, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: jsteinhardt 04 January 2014 07:30:52AM 3 points [-]

I think body language tends to be pretty relevant here; it's possible you are not noticing the other person's body language indicating that they're about to start speaking. (And of course, if you want to have it be your turn to speak, using body language to signal this is also relevant.)