I am not female, and I find some of the language and PUA-related content here to be extremely off-putting. If you really want to refine the art of seduction, I would suggest reading Greene; this blog, on the other hand, is for refining the art of rationality.
Fetterkey
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I think that your efforts would be better spent taming the “sex-crazed maniac” part of your brain, frankly.
Could you explain in what sense you mean “personally responsible?”
Can you clarify your disagreement with the doctrine of an unaccountable judiciary?
Strictly speaking, is the potential for gaming the system even really a problem? Someone who is successful in doing so gains nothing other than the ability to post, and as Kaj posted out, gaming the system is likely to be more difficult the more important the “reward” of posting is considered to be. Further, Eliezer mentioned that the free karma for posting is unintentional but low-priority, implying that people getting free karma isn’t exactly a big deal here.
Concur. The most effective people I’ve known have combined a fair degree of intelligence and knowledge with a distinct integrative facility. Compartmentalization can at times be a useful tool for simplifying a problem, but in other cases, it can blind you to potential unconventional solutions.
I find his stance in this regard to be absolutely correct; if you’re going to write a book on methods of manipulating people, you may as well call a spade a spade.