About Humility
About Humility
When someone says something like, "That's great," I sometimes reflexively say, "No, no, it's not."
There's a culture that calls this "modesty" and sees it as a positive thing.
On the other hand, this is also an act of bashing away at the other person's "wow" feelings.
I saw a story like that at some point in my life and thought, "That's true," so when I felt like saying, "No, no, it's not true," I try to reply, "Thank you very much.
+1/villagepump/inajob.icon
Same when he praised my daughter.
I'm trying to pay it back, but I'm not convinced./villagepump/yosider.icon
I guess I don't have to agree with you.
I'll take the fact that you said that as a given.
I'm not "convinced," and I don't think I need to be./villagepump/nishio.icon
Like, "Wow, you think so."
Positive or negative evaluations are just "you think so".
Accepting" and "agreeing" are two different things.
You wrote it here.
It is one thing to accept a person's claim A and another to believe that the claim is true.
This person said A" is an observed fact.
A is interpretation
facts are not the same as interpretations
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