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It doesn’t necessarily mean he is lying though. Our brains change our memories such that it fits our current narratives.
by baxtr 2y ago
It doesn’t necessarily mean he is lying though. Our brains change our memories such that it fits our current narratives.
- loceng 2y ago"Maybe it's better/a good time you leave" as part of a conversation is one such way to recommend someone leave rather than a likely alternative.
- baxtr 2y agoI don’t understand. Do you care to explain?
- loceng 2y agoA talk with YC head like Paul or other, a "read the room" situation, the writing is on the wall, etc.
- kelnos 2y agoThat kind of phrasing often carries an undertone of "and if you don't leave voluntarily, we will fire you".
- baxtr 2y agoI understand that. Thanks. I just don’t know how this relates to what I wrote.
- loceng 2y agoBasically it could be that he's not "lying" by speaking a half-truth, e.g. if he didn't resign then the writing was on the wall that he would have otherwise been fired.
- baxtr 2y agoUnderstood thanks. I meant something different though: I was thinking if he might remember it differently today than if actually happened. Human memories are not very reliable.
- loceng 2y agoSome people's memories aren't very reliable, people who develop lying as a habit, who weave webs of lies - "the lies we weave when we learn to deceive" - are especially not going to be reliable with their recall; and you can get signs of this based on how they respond or react to questions or engagement.