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I'd argue that what the person desperately needs is not to be told they are wrong, but rather to have someone patient listen to them figure that out for themselves.


There is no guarantee that that will work. When you have work to do, you just have to get it done.


When you have work to do, doing a small part of it right is better than finishing all of it wrong.


Not when people are drowning in garbage.


Have you ever dealt with a person who fits this description? I have. For years. In the case I am familiar with, there was no connecting of logic on their own or with help.


From direct personal painful experience, there is no useful conversation to be had on the topic.




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