42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Michelson_Morley OP 28 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: My default zap is 113: So it looks like multiple people zapped. Is this ethical? meta
Thanks. I'm not sure about making "lie" a word that precludes intention. I'm often hyperbolic in my words, using the most evil word instead of a more nuanced one. That's how I do it in my head, because nuance confuses me.
My intent was to deceive. Plain and simple. Why I intended this, if it was to help, is just not relevant. I desired to misdirect.
I think often of a social engineering "trick" (and also self-help trick): Most people think behavior is caused by thought. But in reality, behavior begets behavior + justification.
If I do something that I personally think is lying, then no matter how logically wrong I am, if i keep doing it I'll train myself to lie, and simultaneously (because who wants cognitive dissonance?) I'll find reasons for why it was necessary.
It's a classic crowd manipulation trick. Make people say Heil Hitler while moving their arm in a specific way. Even if they know they're being manipulated, eventually they'll justify it, and be honest in their "heil hitler". Quoting hitler, as I fairly never have done before, on his description of effective crowd manipulation:
On stacker you can see the same thing from many bitcoin maximalists. Repeat a simple message, keep repeating it. Shitcoin. Shitcoin. Affirm the ones who also repeat it. People think how "true" something is, is strongly proportional to the amount of times they hear/read it. Also, make an us vs them environment. Be strongly emotional. Never deviate from the message. Never engage with experts. They're all shitcoiners. Aren't they, @DarthCoin?
Also the same trick that makes habits easy to form, you just do the habit for 1 minute the first week, until you are bored and start doing 4 minutes, etc. Eventually you justify why you need to perform the habit :)