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What We Secretly Want (w/ Robin Hanson)

Uncertain Things

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The Difference Between a Normal Conversation and an Enormous Social Faux Pas

The difference between a normal conversation and an embarrassing social faux pas can hinge on how convincingly we were able to hide the common knowledge of the situation. So, for example, as we say, people flirt with their bodies, but they're often flirting with someone they're not supposed to be flirting with. And so we are not aware of our motivations with body language, because that gives us possible deniability that we did not intend to flirt.

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