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I don't think it has to be 1D. What I think reality is can be plotted in 2D: abrasive | | effecti

I don't think it has to be 1D. What I think reality is can be plotted in 2D: abrasive | | effective------+-------ineffective | | kind You're claiming is (and the common trope is) the actual distribution is in fact a straight line with a -1 slope (y=-x). I think there's a general possibility that the distribution is focused around the y=-x here, but there are outliers (imagine the line blurred out) with some wings escaping the lines, with probably what people want the most being in the 3rd quadrant (y<0 && x<0). And hell, there are people who are both abrasive AND ineffective in real life. We know that.

hatmatrix 8y ago
If you populate these quadrants most points might lie in QII and QIV (along the -1 diagonal) with few in QI and QIII (though maybe we all know many QI's in our lives...).
- da_chicken 8y ago
  I think that's obersavtion bias. We tend to remember people who are either abrasive or ineffective. The former because their behavior stands out and the latter because they tend to get in our way. People who are effective and kind tend to be forgettable because we get exactly what we want without any conflict. It just magically appears to work.
marmot777 8y ago
Yes.
citrablue 8y ago
To take it one step further, I'd say that it's more of a probability function than a 2d chart. I think of it more as your chart, plus a 3rd dimension of "context", then a density cloud. Put another way, people have probability distributions of alignments based on context.
ryacko 8y ago
He should only be angry at those who should know better. He often is set off by randos who only want to contribute. So 2D is still too simple. It is like a horseshoe, one can be so abusive that the project fails because of it.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Can you give one or two examples of him being "set off by randos who only want to contribute"? I can't say I remember that at all.

hatmatrix 8y ago

If you populate these quadrants most points might lie in QII and QIV (along the -1 diagonal) with few in QI and QIII (though maybe we all know many QI's in our lives...).

da_chicken 8y ago
I think that's obersavtion bias. We tend to remember people who are either abrasive or ineffective. The former because their behavior stands out and the latter because they tend to get in our way. People who are effective and kind tend to be forgettable because we get exactly what we want without any conflict. It just magically appears to work.

marmot777 8y ago

Yes.

citrablue 8y ago

To take it one step further, I'd say that it's more of a probability function than a 2d chart. I think of it more as your chart, plus a 3rd dimension of "context", then a density cloud. Put another way, people have probability distributions of alignments based on context.

ryacko 8y ago

He should only be angry at those who should know better. He often is set off by randos who only want to contribute. So 2D is still too simple. It is like a horseshoe, one can be so abusive that the project fails because of it.

icebraining 8y ago
Can you give one or two examples of him being "set off by randos who only want to contribute"? I can't say I remember that at all.