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Rukiedor comments on Stupid questions thread, October 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: philh 13 October 2015 07:39PM

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Comment author: Jiro 15 October 2015 09:33:33PM 2 points [-]

But "those kinds of people" here means "people with social skills".

Comment author: [deleted] 16 October 2015 01:44:19AM 3 points [-]

That doesn't mesh with my experience. Someone with social skills will usually ask me to clarify, or say "hmm, that's an interesting question" then give a really interesting answer.

If they don't have anything they really love (or it's a socially unacceptable answer, like one of the ones I gave) then they'll deflect gracefully, at which point I'll talk for a bit more then end the conversation.

One's without social skills who have something they love will often give a short answer, and then I'll have to ask a few more probing questions or relate it to what I love before they really start to open up about it.

Ones without social skills who don't have anything they love will say so, and again I'll talk for a bit more then end the conversation.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 October 2015 09:44:03PM 1 point [-]

But "those kinds of people" here means "people with social skills".

Not in the social circles in which I move and that includes a bunch of people who make money with coaching and social skill training.