Mind reading (“It’s an attempt to signal you hold some sort of moral high ground”) isn’t what you do in tell culture. The idea that you are “telling the truth” when you are mind reading seems strange to me.
In contrast when ozziegooen says I do X because I expect Y then it makes sense to assume that his explanation of his own motivation is correct. Unless of course, you think he’s lying about his motivation (maybe because he would actually believe ¬Y, and has another reason).
Mind reading (“It’s an attempt to signal you hold some sort of moral high ground”) isn’t what you do in tell culture. The idea that you are “telling the truth” when you are mind reading seems strange to me.
In contrast when ozziegooen says I do X because I expect Y then it makes sense to assume that his explanation of his own motivation is correct. Unless of course, you think he’s lying about his motivation (maybe because he would actually believe ¬Y, and has another reason).
You know, I wrote a whole reply but your comment isn’t worth responding to.