{"id":3731,"date":"2010-03-03T00:18:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T05:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2010-03-03T00:18:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T05:18:57","slug":"repostovercoming-bias-no-offense-offends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/03\/repostovercoming-bias-no-offense-offends\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::Overcoming Bias : No Offense Offends"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No Offense Offends<\/h1>\n
By Robin Hanson<\/a><\/span> \u00b7<\/span> March 2, 2010 10:00 am<\/abbr><\/span> \u00b7<\/span> Discuss<\/a><\/span> \u00b7<\/span> \u00ab\u00a0Prev<\/a> \u00b7 Next\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n

no offense<\/em><\/a> \u2013 A phrase used to make insults seem socially acceptable.<\/p>\n

On Facebook, Greg Benford said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When I ignore requests for drinks, cupcakes, palm trees, etc. to take part Mafia Wars it\u2019s not a statement about the folks who are enjoying such pursuits. If I accepted this invitation to play in a space fleet game (how cool is that?) I would never get anything done. It\u2019s so easy to get distracted as a writer which is why I\u2019m declining all these lovely invitations. Now back to work.<\/p>\n

I responded:<\/p>\n

You are making a good choice, but you can\u2019t avoid the fact that your choice is also a statement about the choices that others make.<\/p>\n

Greg often faces a choice between playing and getting work done, and he seems to usually respect more the choice to get work done.\u00a0 When he sees other folks choose instead to play, surely he must infer a substantial chance that they faced a similar choice but made the choice he respects less.
\nvia Overcoming Bias : No Offense Offends<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Offense Offends By Robin Hanson \u00b7 March 2, 2010 10:00 am \u00b7 Discuss \u00b7 \u00ab\u00a0Prev \u00b7 Next\u00a0\u00bb no offense \u2013 A phrase used to make insults seem socially acceptable. On Facebook, Greg Benford said: When I ignore requests for drinks, cupcakes, palm trees, etc. to take part Mafia Wars it\u2019s not a statement about … <\/p>\n

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