> [...] then what work is this phrase even doing? Why does anyone even say it? Most people are far more emotional than logical (possibly as a consequence of a

> [...] then what work is this phrase even doing? Why does anyone even say it? Most people are far more emotional than logical (possibly as a consequence of a lack of basic education in logic). They are not precise with their language, and they are not logically consistent in their words and actions. A lot of them (most?) tend to say things that make them feel good, or that they aspire towards, not things that are actually true. It's not even a conscious choice to lie, they're too used to being like that, and there isn't enough peer pressure to change since most people are like that, too. A technical person on the spectrum should consider most people inherently "bugged" and treat all their outputs as unreliable.