Re: ...thoughts on Retro-uC?

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From: "smf" <smf@null.net>
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Subject: Re: ...thoughts on Retro-uC?


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> On 14/09/2018 17:57, Mike Stein wrote:
>> I think you're under the impression that cynical means when you
>> incorrectly mistrust people, but it doesn't mean that at all.
>> ===
>> Sorry; how is that "not at all" the same as "distrustful of human sincerity or integrity"?
> 
> I don't trust ebay sellers, that is me being cynical.
> 
> silverdr claims that because they shouldn't be trusted, then it's not an 
> example of cynical.
> 
> I think that just means he is cynical too.
> 
> The emphasis in the sentence was on "incorrectly" when I said "not at 
> all". I thought that was obvious when I wrote it, but I accept I maybe 
> should have been clearer.
> 
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Maybe it's a language thing, but while one may make individual errors in judgment I don't see how trust or belief can be 'correct' or 'incorrect' in a general objective sense, any more than belief in God or love etc.

But I do agree with you (!); assuming that his tongue-in-cheek point was that _all_ ebay sellers are dishonest and therefore not trusting them is just being realistic, that is indeed cynicism to the extreme.

Your view on the other hand seems to be more skeptical than cynical, admittedly with some self-protective bias that could perhaps be called cynicism.

m