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This is a disingenuous argument because we are capable of judging people based on the outcomes of their actions. By your metric, you can't estimate people's att
by beaconstudios 5y ago
This is a disingenuous argument because we are capable of judging people based on the outcomes of their actions. By your metric, you can't estimate people's attitudes and mindsets at all, you can just eternally say "what they just did was bad but we can't hold that against them".
- tomcam 5y ago> By your metric, you can't estimate people's attitudes and mindsets at all, you can just eternally say "what they just did was bad but we can't hold that against them". More hallucinations
- lovich 5y agoIts an opinion man, not a peer-reviewed journal.
- tomcam 5y agoActually it’s not an opinion, like saying I enjoy pizza with pineapple. It’s a completely unsupportable statement of fact.
- lovich 5y agoIt's their opinion of a person. You can judge someone without having explicit statements from them
- tomcam 5y agoYou absolutely can, I agree. But you can’t read their mind.
- lovich 5y agoYou can infer what they think based on their words and actions. You’re pedantry here about not knowing what someone is thinking without “mind reading” is A: incorrect unless you believe inferring things is impossible and B: a pointless interrupt to the conversation
- beaconstudios 5y agogreat contributions you're providing here.