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**Mangoman** · 10-10-2011, 03:57 AM

"Asserting factual superiority" is in the eyes of the beholder. It does make for a convenient epithet when one wishes to ignore fact and cling to story-telling: "Oh, i won't listen to that fact because you didn't sugar-coat it just how I like it, or you put chocolate sauce on it instead of cherry, and you didn't get the frosting just how I like it".

A "good story" is just a story. Facts are facts. "Asserting factual superiority" is a loaded presumption.

You haven't read MN 38, have you?

Thanks for your further comments stuka - it is not about being gentle or sugar coating anything.

10-10-2011, 03:57 AM	#28
Mangoman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 650 Senior Member	"Asserting factual superiority" is in the eyes of the beholder. It does make for a convenient epithet when one wishes to ignore fact and cling to story-telling: "Oh, i won't listen to that fact because you didn't sugar-coat it just how I like it, or you put chocolate sauce on it instead of cherry, and you didn't get the frosting just how I like it". A "good story" is just a story. Facts are facts. "Asserting factual superiority" is a loaded presumption. You haven't read MN 38, have you? Thanks for your further comments stuka - it is not about being gentle or sugar coating anything.
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