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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Summary and Lessons from "On Combat" - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 22 March 2015 01:48AM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 22 March 2015 11:58:53AM 1 point [-]

Grossman names some professions that should never leave Condition Yellow:

  • Pilots

  • Negotiators

  • Bomb disposal experts

  • Hunters (the only everyday profession where you routinely have perceptual distortions like tunnel vision and esp. diminished sound (of the shot)

Comment author: Romashka 22 March 2015 12:12:18PM *  1 point [-]

That does seem like a rational quote material:) and makes Jedi style negotiations so strawman... I do wonder if such specialists have advantages/disadvantages compared to your regular civilian (as I have no idea about army men except 'they train') when they are forced beyond Yellow. I mean, being a negotiator doesn't protect you from natural disasters, etc. - does their training kick in (at least the feeling of if you fail, it's all your fault)?