[benj111]

> I choose to not call a GP a liar or too thick

GP of the post or actual GP.....

It's not about being thick. I had a old person ranting at me once because all these Ukrainian girls were emailing him wanting dates, and didn't they realise he was too old for them.

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> GP

The one recalling an event with their mother.

Your experience with a old person is not their experience with their mother.

Can you not project your own experiences on someone's else's?

You claim someone's else's reasoning is wrong based on *your* opinion and past, without anything that would support the relevance in *their* case.

Your experience is valid but irrelevant in that case. Don't project.

[benj111]

We generalise about non technical users all the time. Why is it unfair to generalise a subset of those users? What you term 'projecting' is my own experience, where I am supporting backing the experience of someone else. Yes we may be wrong, the op hasn't clarified as far as I'm aware, but I don't think that invalidates the greater point.

How should I engage with young children? Should I talk to a 2 year old like an adult? Or should I use my experience other 2 year old to inform how I should engage with other 2 year olds?

Older people can be surprisingly tech illiterate to a degree many would be surprised by. That is my experience, that is others experience. Yes there will be exceptions. But I don't think that invalidates the generalisation.

Personally I would hope that people would make an extra effort to educate those needing extra help in spotting potential fraud, rather than doing nothing to avoid 'projecting'.