> It's not arrogance, since they're not asserting anything about themself. But you can be arrogant without referencing yourself directly. After all, anything

> It's not arrogance, since they're not asserting anything about themself. But you can be arrogant without referencing yourself directly. After all, anything you say is implicitly prefixed with “I declare that”. E.g. one of Feynman’s “most arrogant” statements is said to be: “God was always invented to explain the mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand.”[1] - and there’s no direct self reference there. [1]: https://piggsboson.medium.com/feynmans-most-arrogant-statements-6fe8f98826c https://piggsboson.medium.com/feynmans-most-arrogant-stateme...