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The Intellectual vs. The Social (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Minds Almost Meeting

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The Nerds Are Not as Good at the Social Game

I think people really are interested in this question it's just that they're not able to talk about it. But if the nerds are pure apart I would just say, I mean, you know it's a simple sort of standard story. The nerds just are not less willing to play the social game because they're just not as good at it. And so they look better playing the nerdy discussion game than they do playing the social gameBecause they just are bad at the social game and so they, they do the other thing I don't think they're more altruistic per se. "When we stick try to stick our hands in it and move people go. Yeah, you don't

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