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Try it on your deep meta-truth as a self-consistency test
Yes, that's what I was suggesting. I presumed simplicio was pointing out that proverbs are not a good source of rationality advice because they are contradictory and I was trying to use a similar style of quote to continue making that point, but I suppose there is also a less charitable reading.
Consider the following statements:
"It is the hallmark of any shallow truth that its negation is also a shallow truth."
"It is the hallmark of any deep lie that its negation is also a deep lie."
"It is the hallmark of any shallow lie that its negation is also a shallow lie."
"It is the hallmark of any deep truth that its negation is not a deep truth."
I don't believe you. I can't see any plausible useful definition of 'shallow <lie/truth>' that makes these claims true.
Dammit, forgot again that most people assume that if you say a statement without context you endorse it/think it's true, not just that it's something interesting to think about and consider for yourself.
True, I would have interpreted your words much differently if you included a quote. I suspect I very much agree with the point you were trying to make!