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Nornagest comments on Open thread, September 8-14, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nornagest 10 September 2014 07:47:46PM 11 points [-]

I think I'd be more inclined to frame this sort of thing as typical mind fallacy. Modeling it in terms of an I Win button seems to violate Hanlon's Razor: we don't need an adversarial model when plain old ignorance will suffice, and I don't think preferred interaction style is a matter of conscious choice for most people.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 September 2014 09:58:31PM 6 points [-]

I'd split the difference-- I believe the typical mind fallacy can shade into believing that other sorts of minds aren't worth respecting.

Comment author: polymathwannabe 10 September 2014 08:01:35PM 7 points [-]

Alternatively, the situation can be described in terms of tell vs. guess culture.