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SquirrelInHell comments on Open Thread April 4 - April 10, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 09 April 2016 04:16:52PM *  2 points [-]

What can be destroyed by truth, should be. It's hard for destruction to be nice.

Comment author: SquirrelInHell 10 April 2016 02:10:17AM *  5 points [-]

It's hard for destruction to be nice.

Disagree. If you genuinely wish to help someone by destroying something by truth, and you fully take into account their subjective experience of the situation, you can be nice while destroying things.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 16 April 2016 11:44:00PM 0 points [-]

Agreed. People can often hear you better if you take their emotional state into account when communicating with them. For instance, delivering negative feedback in a positive framing helps ensure that people engage with it well and perform better in the future.