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TrE comments on Those who can't admit they're wrong - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TrE 01 July 2011 08:29:28AM 1 point [-]

Maybe we can tackle this with Transactional Analysis, although I have only a layman's grasp of that (video). If you correct others' errors, the other one might perceive that you are going into "adult state". The other one is not amused by this and goes to adult state as well, leading to "Cross Transaction", which is unstable and might be what you perceive.