I’m firmly on the side of guess culture on this. If you’re good enough at reading my nonverbal signals that you can punch me without making me feel defensive or creeped out, go for it. If you aren’t good enough, you aren’t good enough, and I won’t hesitate to tell you as much.
The question is, what accuracy rate is acceptable here? If being wrong and making someone feel defensive potentially could ruin your entire life then no one is good enough to do this even if they’re 99% right. That seems quite bad. Whereas if you’re only running 60%, you should probably just stop doing it without asking first.
I’m firmly on the side of guess culture on this. If you’re good enough at reading my nonverbal signals that you can punch me without making me feel defensive or creeped out, go for it. If you aren’t good enough, you aren’t good enough, and I won’t hesitate to tell you as much.
The question is, what accuracy rate is acceptable here? If being wrong and making someone feel defensive potentially could ruin your entire life then no one is good enough to do this even if they’re 99% right. That seems quite bad. Whereas if you’re only running 60%, you should probably just stop doing it without asking first.