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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by methodover on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:33PM (#17769495)
> 6. We have other flaws before our eyes, but our own flaws behind our back.

There has to be a typo here, right?

I marked this as “bullshit” because it doesn’t make sense. But the link says it’s not bullshit...

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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by anewone on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:44PM (#17769596)
It's saying that it's easier to see flaws in other people than in ourselves.
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by mds on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @04:39PM (#17769551)
Should be “Others’”
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by mirimir on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:00PM (#17769735)
But it's "others" (no "'") in the link ;)
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by dhimes on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:54PM (#17770119)
Either way, it's not a universal truth. Some of us work hard on this (probably because we came across Confucius in our youth).
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by anewone on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @06:13PM (#17770206)
Isn't the fact that it needed hard work an indication that the statement is useful for the average person?
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by dhimes on Thursday August 16, 2018 @07:57AM (#17773842)
Useful for the average person, absolutely. I don't think I understood the question.
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by sporkologist on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @05:10PM (#17769812)
Should have been "behind our eyes" i.e. ourselves. Behind our back is empty space with other people in it. Too ambiguous/poorly thought out.
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by svachalek on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:27PM (#17770630)
I think behind our back is a metaphor for "well hidden, even from ourselves"
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Re:Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior by sporkologist on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:27PM (#17771182)
The only context I've heard is "talking about someone / doing something behind their back." Yeah I suppose you can construct more meanings for it, as OP authors apparently wanted to do. And down the BS rabbit hole we go.
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