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ChristianKl comments on Ultimatums in the Territory - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: malcolmocean 28 September 2015 10:01PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 30 September 2015 02:04:51PM 0 points [-]

Could you elobrate why you think this technique is a dark art? I don't see anything dark about it.

Comment author: raydora 30 September 2015 11:26:22PM 0 points [-]

That's a good question. I don't really know. I think I've been equating 'persuasion' with 'dark art'. I need to figure out what separates effective persuasive techniques from dark arts, if anything, and if the label 'dark art' has any use.