Why does it matter so much who says something? Shouldn’t we take the words on their own terms?
“Believe in yourself”
-Bob Marley
“Believe in yourself”
-Pol Pot
“Believe in yourself”
-Ancient Chinese Fragment, found on papyrus
“Believe in yourself”
-drunk stranger at a bar
“Believe in yourself”
-GPT-3
Why do these sayings strike us so differently? (I’m not the fir…
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