Originally Posted by
GOLDEN
Being given a book on children's nutrition by an IEE, the contents of which are completely nonstandard in terms of current nutritional science, and which makes pretty fantastic claims. It is self-published and though it costs forty dollars, the editorial values are rock-bottom. Worst, not one single citation backs up any of the medical claims. I return the book and express my concerns. Am told, "This is true in terms of my own experience" by IEE.
(I have my own experiences and need something more than someone else's experiences to even lightly entertain information like this, when there red flags re the quality and objectivity. It's also been given to me to persuade me to radically change my child's diet in ways that would provoke stress. Bottom line: quackery and credulity.)
Am told by an IEE that she would never leave the town she lives in, and reasons why. I have a stake in her choice. It seems to me -- body language, word choice, and logic -- that she is isn't telling the truth. Two years later she moves away.
(The honest answer would have been "I don't know." Why not just say that? In this case I could have made a bad, very important decision based on the response. Fortunately I did not trust her words.)
My response to these kinds of interpersonal disjunctions ranges from frustration, to full-on anger, to feeling less respect for the other person. Obvs in non-crucial situations it's not as big a deal.
Can think of many more things but maybe you get the idea.