What does the "science" say?
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You see, that's why I closed with the following:
Because ultimately, I don't care what you or anyone else does.
My claims don't have to be excessively substantiated, and I don't even have to even believe them.
Its like a card match, and I know what cards have already been played out of the deck. Meanwhile a newcomer comes to the table, and I just give him a heads-up that half the deck has already been played.
It doesn't really change the odds of the game, but the information is essential to how he plays his hand. He knows that I have knowledge of the already played cards and he doesn't. It doesn't change his odds, but it does mean I have a possible advantage.
If I didn't tell him half the deck had been played however, it still wouldn't have changed his odds of winning, but he would be playing riskier on account of my reserved knowledge, whether or not I have the capacity to utilize that knowledge.
In this way, that I know there is a possibility that he's at a disadvantage is information he would like to have, regardless of whether or not it ultimately matters in the unknown that is the odds of a card game.
Do you kind of get what I'm going at here?
I'd rather know there is a chance of bad things happening when others have suspicions rather than go in blind. Just knowing something is possible but not probable isn't reason to have fear.
Honestly, this is getting into simple personal preference now.
When I look at anything before me I consider all possibilities and I reject nothing presented to me by others on its face, because I have nothing to fear. We all face death eventually, so why should I care what happens so long as my soul is intact?
What this is called is Discernment. People fear monger on everything all day every day, and that is just nature. You can't know if someone is trying to dupe you or not, so just assume they are, tell fear to go fuck itself, and temper your actions accordingly.
In the end, the only poor decision is one made in haste when the Truth need only time to reveal itself.
As far as the card game goes, it costs the newcomer nothing just to wait until all the cards are played and the House cracks open a new deck.