Your comment made me consider that most experts don’t address the question “who’s better at X fuzzy task, you or your colleague?”
They might dodge the question give face to the other person out of professional diplomacy, or add enough nuance to say “I’m good at X1, they’re good at X2.”
Maybe we’re most likely to see people arguing over “who’s better at X?”, while ignoring or fighting against nuance, in perceived zero-sum signaling contests.
Your comment made me consider that most experts don’t address the question “who’s better at X fuzzy task, you or your colleague?”
They might dodge the question give face to the other person out of professional diplomacy, or add enough nuance to say “I’m good at X1, they’re good at X2.”
Maybe we’re most likely to see people arguing over “who’s better at X?”, while ignoring or fighting against nuance, in perceived zero-sum signaling contests.