I am sure people who study this sort of thing even have a name for it.


But yall see what happened here right?

I agree she is certainly terrible person. But something else is going on when you conclude, because she is a terrible person, I am more likely to believe this terrible thing about her without any basis in fact. She is terrible enough to do it = she is definitely, clearly doing it.

fascinating. And I am only partly trying to be funny here. It's interesting to see how this works.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

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