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This is excellent. Thank you!

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I agree with this sentiment, but I also don't know if it's the type of thing one can be convinced of through rational argument. Perhaps it's more of a personality trait or set of traits (the traits being how satisfying a person finds it to judge people, or to what extent interpersonal "drama" is interesting, or how easy it is to mentalize, or how strong a person's sense of fairness is, etc.). These traits probably overlap with cluster B personality traits or disorders, I would guess. I guess I'm saying you shouldn't judge people for judging people. I suppose I'm saying we can't say anything without bursting into a logical paradox lol. Typo: "maniac episode" should be manic episode.

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OMG, that typo is incredibly embarrassing for me as someone who has (very, very briefly dabbled) in doing academic research this area. Thanks, I've corrected it now.

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