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		AnimalMuppet on Dec 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we know about CEO shooting suspect If you start from premises that are disconnected from reality, you can use perfect rationality to reach insane conclusions.

ok123456 on Dec 10, 2024 [–]

Are you armchair diagnosing him? He seems pretty sane.

AnimalMuppet on Dec 10, 2024 | [–]

No, I'm using his actions to diagnose his conclusions. The conclusions ("killing this guy on a public street is the right way to deal with this situation") are insane, whether or not he is.

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