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If you show someone a painting you made and they tell you "That's beautiful", you may reasonably conclude that they think you're a good painter.

Similarly, if you come up with an idea and someone tells you it's stupid, you might conclude (especially if it's a recurring pattern) that they don't think you are very smart. If that is not the conclusion they wanted you to come to, it is on them for not communicating better




Saying that a particular painting is good does not imply that everything that person has painted is good.

Saying that a particular painting is bad does not imply that everything that person has painted is bad.




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