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What you wrote is true only in the narrowest sense: of course people “can” rationalize. People also “can” fly to the moon. That doesn’t mean that is what peop
by marcus0x62 3y ago
What you wrote is true only in the narrowest sense: of course people “can” rationalize. People also “can” fly to the moon. That doesn’t mean that is what people are doing, and it comes across as deeply unempathetic to express as a default assumption.
- paulcole 3y agoIt's not my default assumption. It's just true. I understand that people can be legitimately held back by circumstances outside of their direct control. That is also true. I believe that on average people tend to like to take credit for their accomplishments and find someone/something to blame for their lack of accomplishments. Ask the people who would've gone pro if their high school coach hadn't been a dick. Or who got passed over for a promotion because of work politics.
- marcus0x62 3y agoRepeatedly claiming your opinion is true does not make it so.
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- Retric 3y agoIt doesn’t make it false either.
- marcus0x62 3y agoIf the other poster has some evidence for what he believes he can divine about what other people are thinking, I’d love to hear it.
- paulcole 3y agoLiterally looking at the world and talking to people.
- paulcole 3y agoI get that you don't want it to be true but that doesn't make it false. Saying "The sun rises in the east" over and over doesn't make it true. It's true because it's true no matter how many times I say it.
- marcus0x62 3y agoYou can see the sun rise in the east. Despite what you seem to believe, you cannot see what is going on inside someone else’s head, which is essentially what you are claiming to be able to do.
- paulcole 3y agoI don't need to see into their heads. They have mouths and I have ears. I can literally hear people talk and not take accountability for their situations. Perhaps internally they are taking accountability but all the evidence I have says that many do not.