Re: Social Vulnerability: Daddy Issues (?)
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Originally Posted by David Johnston2
In what way is a true belief that causes you act crazy less of a problem than a false belief that causes you ask just as crazy but no crazier?
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The French at Waterloo when they took off and ran said, "We are betrayed." The real reason they were running was of course they were defeated. In either case they were acting crazy(because disorganized men are actually in more danger then those retreating in formation). But it was true that they were defeated. It was true in the technical sense that they were betrayed(because everyone was betraying everyone else in Europe as always and a disproportionate number of traitors would be likely to bet against Boney who after all was a has-been) but false tactically because no one on the field was betraying them. But the falsity of the betrayal did not affect the fact that they were defeated. Thus the false belief and the true had the same effect.
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Last edited by jason taylor; 07-29-2015 at 07:28 PM.
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