Obvious but often forgotten: everyone misspeaks sometimes.
We all sometimes say things that:
don’t make much sense
we realize we don’t agree with (after a moment of reflection)
are based on misremembering facts
sound different than what we meant
High stress situations tend to increase those effects. An interesting implication: anyone on TV, or who is otherwise recorded enough times, will be found making the mistakes mentioned above. So people can cherry pick examples t...
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