My point was about literal guarantees, and men who believe them. There are very stupid people in this world. It’s easy to assume them away, but they do actually exist. George Sodini, I suspect, was a stupid man—or, at least, deeply unrealistic. He had the Charles Guiteau attitude: fiercely convinced that he was owed something that would never have been likely. Being that unrealistic is dangerous to oneself and others.
I would guess that LW doesn’t harbor so much of that, but I feel obligated to make these kinds of disclaimers because I do see people here who don’t take social conventions for granted and who don’t pick up cues very naturally.
To get back to the main issue, I think it’s basically good to get better at picking up women, and even more generally good to build social/networking/charisma ability. I’m just inclined to be very careful about handing too much of an ideology to people who are high-risk for doing bad things with it.
Of course.
My point was about literal guarantees, and men who believe them. There are very stupid people in this world. It’s easy to assume them away, but they do actually exist. George Sodini, I suspect, was a stupid man—or, at least, deeply unrealistic. He had the Charles Guiteau attitude: fiercely convinced that he was owed something that would never have been likely. Being that unrealistic is dangerous to oneself and others.
I would guess that LW doesn’t harbor so much of that, but I feel obligated to make these kinds of disclaimers because I do see people here who don’t take social conventions for granted and who don’t pick up cues very naturally.
To get back to the main issue, I think it’s basically good to get better at picking up women, and even more generally good to build social/networking/charisma ability. I’m just inclined to be very careful about handing too much of an ideology to people who are high-risk for doing bad things with it.
Gotcha, agreed!