# Tangent from Meditation

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/tangent-from-meditation/170
**Category:** Other
**Created:** [May 29, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/tangent-from-meditation/170 "2021-05-29T09:55:48Z")
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### Author: ![ingracke](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/ingracke/32/256_2.png) [@ingracke](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ingracke)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/tangent-from-meditation/170/17 "2021-05-30T07:46:02Z")

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> [@doubtingthomas](#):
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> See the tree and answer the question to clear a confusion that (I think) is happening here.

If you want someone to answer a direct question, it is easier if you put it in quotable text.

My answer to your question is that I don’t want to change my original question. You still haven’t answered my questions, even though you replied to the message five times. Your replies have been confusing and I’m still not sure what is going on, so I am trying to clarify right now.

In the tree, you say you were doing a postmortem in this message:

> [@doubtingthomas](#):
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> I’m asking you to be robotic with me so that I can seem cool.

But you never clearly mark _what parts_ were postmortem. You said everything in present tense, and you didn’t mark anything as being a mistake.

And then in later messages, you continued to say things about wanting Elliot to treat you like Spock, e.g.:

> [@doubtingthomas](#):
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> If that is the case then I want to signal that Elliot didn’t need to make request to me because I’m like Spock.

So I still don’t know if you mean that is what you _actually want_, or if you are trying to talk about things that you believe to be mistakes in your thinking.

If you are going to postmortem, you have to clearly label things as postmortem and _say_ which things you think are mistakes.

You are still talking about the issues (wanting Elliot to be robotic with you, wanting to be treated like Spock, etc) as if you _currently believe_ them and want them, and you aren’t clearly marking any of it as _mistakes_ or even things you think you _might_ be wrong about.

It’s really hard to figure out how to reply helpfully because it isn’t clear what you think is right or wrong in your own messages.

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