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Why do we like to be correct?

Not Overthinking

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Is Arbiter of the Truth a Paragon of Truth?

i'm sorry i interrupted you with my ahno, ah, the grammar thinga ayes ay. But let's assume for a moment that some people don't. It seems like a lot of these kinds of moments centre around being right about something. I think we do have this bias of, like, you know, that truth is virtuous in some way or another. So in general, being correct about things is just generally a good thing. And i feel that when we correct other people in order to,. you know, in the pursuit of truth, we're not aiming to correct them. We're just aiming to set the record straight. If yesothurtye, you,

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