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by mistermann 553 days ago
> No, not at all.

If this was true, you would be able to DEMONSTRATE that you can actually consider criticism of your claims, and take questions seriously, and answer them.

I believe that you quite literally cannot do that.

For starters, there is your base cognitive capability. But there is also now the "losing face" element in play.

Pushing back against one's cultural conditioning and the intuitions and customs that come along with it is not easy.