Prediction: There is no culture in which breaking eye contact by looking up (as opposed to down or to the side) is not a sign of disrespect.
made in advance of the evidence?
Surely Eliezer has made a post on that subject at some stage. Does anyone recall a reference? (But in this case it is clear that neither of us is familiar with all the evidence on cultural practices throughout the world so the prediction passes anyway.)
There is no culture in which breaking eye contact by looking up (as opposed to down or to the side) is not a sign of disrespect.
My most recent memory of seeing this is on TV yesterday, when some dude talking to a camera broke eye contact to look up while mentioning how his fate in a some silly contest was to be decided by his favorite deity. He didn’t look disrespectful to me (just silly), and I’d predict he wouldn’t have looked disrespectful to most viewers.
Prediction: There is no culture in which breaking eye contact by looking up (as opposed to down or to the side) is not a sign of disrespect.
Surely Eliezer has made a post on that subject at some stage. Does anyone recall a reference? (But in this case it is clear that neither of us is familiar with all the evidence on cultural practices throughout the world so the prediction passes anyway.)
My most recent memory of seeing this is on TV yesterday, when some dude talking to a camera broke eye contact to look up while mentioning how his fate in a some silly contest was to be decided by his favorite deity. He didn’t look disrespectful to me (just silly), and I’d predict he wouldn’t have looked disrespectful to most viewers.