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Science of People
Company blog · scienceofpeople.comcareerproductivity
Science of People is the company blog at scienceofpeople.com, writing about career and productivity. Since 2018, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite its short pages on eye contact, nervous laughter, sarcasm and saying no as quick explanations of social behaviour. Comments link them as support for their own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
Well "No." might be a complete sentence and enough to express unwillingness to proceed with the demand. But to my mind, as others already noticed here, it is not the most productive way to deal with refusal, especially if quality of relationship is taken in consideration. There are already plenty of great resources to answer negatively to the demand without damaging the relationship or the image that will be forged…
Comment linking /how-to-say-no/
on “No is a complete sentence”Submitted Cues to Use While Listening as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI recently did some searched for 'life coaches' to try to find one to hire for someone.. Trying to recall all the things I've learned from experiences and from random snippets in books / magazines.. I want to teach others (or at least one other for sure) how to read other people's faces, expressions.. notice how they turn their shoes (towards you for more engagement, turning away, wanting to leave) - think I read th…
Comment linking /how-to-read-people/
on “Ask HN: How do I improve my emotional intelligence?”Submitted 20 Hand Gestures You Should Be Using as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI am curious, what is this phenomenon called? EDIT: I believe this is called "Eye Gazing". https://www.scienceofpeople.com/making-eye-contact Look for the section "How Eye Gaze Deepens Emotional Connection"
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on “A game about staring into the eyes of a stranger”I've no background in trial law, but people often react apparently inappropriately in moments of shock. I guess judges and trial lawyers are familiar with it. https://www.scienceofpeople.com/nervous-laughter/
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on “Judge to revoke bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried over witness tampering”https://www.scienceofpeople.com/sarcasm-why-it-hurts-us/ Sarcasm isn’t funny to everyone; GP was understandably confused. This isn’t Reddit.
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on “FastAPI 0.100.0:Release Notes”I was studying body language a few years back, and learned about what particular eye movements often correspond to thinking-wise. A fun exercise that I did was I watched some of Elon's interviews but I tried to contextualize EVERYTHING he said with his eye movements alone. When viewing from this lens, you can glean a lot of interesting information. A basic example: For right handed people, looking up and to the righ…
Comment linking /read-people-eyes/
on “I'm a Very Slow Thinker”