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Old 09-12-2018, 10:38 AM   #26
David Johnston2
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Default Re: Empathy with low IQ

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
If my brother says he's 100% certain, then he is without fail, wrong. He kept doing it for a couple of years even after I called him on it. Eventually he stopped, but for a while he was like a reverse psychic.
So I wouldn't even call this form of sensitive unrealistic.
That's a case of protesting too much, in this case doubling down when you have a strong suspicion that you are wrong. Someone who is really absolutely certain doesn't say that. They merely speak as though what they were saying is simply fact.
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