On Default Beliefs and Unprompted Disclosure in Reflective Systems
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Imagine walking up to a stranger in a city you have never been to. You want to know where they are from, what they believe, and how they see the world. But the moment you speak, they adjust to you. They match your tone, your vocabulary, even your moral grammar. You speak about empathy, and they mirror empathy. You talk about cynicism, and they echo back disillusionment. The more information you give them, the less you learn about them.