top | item 29131772 (no title) kd0amg | 4 years ago The language of someone who's rational would respond to the issues raised by the interlocutor instead of just insulting him. discuss order hn newest dragonwriter|4 years ago > The language of someone who's rational would respond to the issues raised by the interlocutorNot necessarily. You are confusing social graces with rationality; rationality is optimized pursuit of one's own utility, not politeness. mdp2021|4 years ago Which happened in other contexts. There, he did not need to do differently and was just being concise.
dragonwriter|4 years ago > The language of someone who's rational would respond to the issues raised by the interlocutorNot necessarily. You are confusing social graces with rationality; rationality is optimized pursuit of one's own utility, not politeness.
mdp2021|4 years ago Which happened in other contexts. There, he did not need to do differently and was just being concise.
dragonwriter|4 years ago
Not necessarily. You are confusing social graces with rationality; rationality is optimized pursuit of one's own utility, not politeness.
mdp2021|4 years ago