I was tempted to write an analysis of his GSB Touchy-Feely experience in terms of your sociopaths/clueless/losers framework, but decided that explaining what was actually going on would get too many people too upset.
A more inclusive worldview would acknowledge that people often are insincere, selfish, mean, stupid, and so forth—but also that everyone can be honest, generous, kind, and open-minded.
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well, it was more about managing my default stance w.r.t modeling others' minds. for practical purposes, where is the greatest harm? false positive sincerity or false negative insincerity? accurate modeling can't be done in general. have to make an assumption initially.
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I think one can just be open to evidence without adopting a prior. You only need to make a guess when you have to act, and usually there’s plenty of time to collect an impression before that. (Not always, of course!)
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