When someone replies to a statement you made by calling you names, they're implicitly saying that's it's true. Otherwise they could have shown why you were wrong.
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hm, counter-point: imagine the position of someone who is self-aware they can't debate (left brain), but has the initial emotional instinct that you're wrong (right brain). they could respond calling you a name & truly believe you're wrong, simultaneously
Yes. But it seems reasonable to use the word "true" for a statement about people where the only counterexamples involve brain pathologies.
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Yes, there are an enormous number of situations where cognitive dissonance reveals itself this way. Although I wouldn't call it a "pathology", cognitive dissonance is an innate characteristic of most healthy humans. The ability to self-deceive has been evolutionarily valuable.
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But learning to read CD, we can find a lot of hidden truths about the world.
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