[makeitdouble]

hmm, starting with these two so high in the list makes it difficult to properly read the rest.

> 2. Doublespeak: People often say the opposite of what they mean

> 4. Preference Falsification: People lie about their true opinions

Are we supposed to apply these to the 48 other ideas that he pitches as his guiding lights ?

Otherwise I think more than the ideas themselves, it's a good reminder that anyone having seen enough paradigms will have a prism of often contradicting ideas to look through any specific issue. None of these ideas would make sense on their own, nor has much value outside of being another perspective to complete the others.

This is often lost when trying to pigeon hole a real situation into a single well-know pattern or single idea.

[sdwr]

#2 is the truest statement ever stated. Other examples of the form are "people say things about themselves that are really about you", or "things about someone else that are really about themselves".

Indirection (and proxies!!) are cornerstones of human communication. I've found it reasonably helpful to test all strong statements through those 3 lenses.

[kaoD]

I don't think this is a human trait but rather something ingrained in your particular culture.

This doesn't feel right at all from my culture's perspective. We are not indirect at all.

[agumonkey]

I need to find a way to deal with it (in me and others) beside avoiding social interactions :)