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I don't have an answer. I think maybe it's not so important that everyone be right all the time. I mean, it frequently seems like people are just talking past

by xscott 5y ago

I don't have an answer. I think maybe it's not so important that everyone be right all the time. I mean, it frequently seems like people are just talking past each other anyways. However, I'm pretty certain that when someone says, "do you have a reference for that" or similar, what they really saying is "I think you're a fucking liar". So really, they're being antagonistic and dishonest about it. It's passive aggressive.

oneoff786 5y ago
Interesting. I rarely think anyones a liar. I almost always think people are misinformed, unintentionally making poor assumptions, or just deluding themselves with extremely weak evidence that fits their mental model.
- xscott 5y ago
  Heh, ok. Instead of calling them a "fucking liar", you're saying they're "full of shit". Still seems hostile :-)
  - oneoff786 5y ago
    Sometimes it is. Most often it’s not. In either case it tends to be easier to just search the information yourself and show what you found