This suggests that it would inspire making things up to sound good, regardless of whether they are true. I don’t think that’s a hugely great result.
That’s the point I was trying to make. I’m sorry if it came across as endorsing the tactic. “Commitment and consistency” and “social proof” are two of the six “weapons of influence” from Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.
Maybe. Being a lone dissenter is likely high status amongst LWers.
This suggests that it would inspire making things up to sound good, regardless of whether they are true. I don’t think that’s a hugely great result.
That’s the point I was trying to make. I’m sorry if it came across as endorsing the tactic. “Commitment and consistency” and “social proof” are two of the six “weapons of influence” from Cialdini’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.
Maybe. Being a lone dissenter is likely high status amongst LWers.