what can you infer about someone when they ..

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<p>respond with a logical argument? like ones that include the word ‘premise’ (but they could come in other forms, for instance if someone uses A and B in their posts with arrows or equivalent verbal linking, then i’m calling it a logical argument).</p>

<p>i’ve seen TCBH, now someone else, and many people before which i don’t remember, do this.</p>

<p>i think i understand the instincts that result in such a response, but i’m not sure. </p>

<p>my first attempt to explain would be - it’s an impulse triggered by a stimulus. and specifically not ‘an attempt to convince the other person of the reasonableness of your or their position’.</p>

<p>but i’m very open to being wrong about that interpretation.</p>

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<p>aw i have no doubt that an impressive and swift demonstration of the pure efficiency of cold hard logic such as that clears everything up … if only i could understand it :/.</p>

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<p>omg … if you know * symbols * … like * those ones * in that post … then you have to wield them responsibly, not mislead sheep like me with them!</p>