Your analysis here is circular. You essentially state that it’s hard to measure the impact of pride so we shouldn’t try, which sure, you can hold that opinion I

Your analysis here is circular. You essentially state that it’s hard to measure the impact of pride so we shouldn’t try, which sure, you can hold that opinion I guess. But it kind of flies in the face of your original position that it’s not predictive. “Hard to understand” is not at all the same as “meaningless”. This also rings extremely hollow. There’s nothing about your claim that is specific to pride. You can apply your criticism to any aspect of human behavior. Humans are hard to predict. This is not a particularly novel insight.