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Stalker Rule #1
Since there's nothing better for me to do, and I have claimed over the past few years that I'm a stalker, consider this a crash course in "stalking".
Stalker Rule #1: Whatever knowledge you have, it is only because the other person discloses it.
I mean come on, this is obvious. If we ask a person a question, we get info about them because they answer the question. Naturally, their answer would be something favorable to them or if it is in their interest to do so. Surely, a stranger won't tell you their personal info. They might tell you their name but nothing more personal like their address or phone number, unless you seem trustworthy or a friend of theirs. Similarly, if you're acquiring info from reading online journals and blogs like this, you should know that the person is only telling you public info. Their best-kept secrets won't be posted on something as open as the Internet, and certainly not to a place that has few protections.
A corollary to this rule is that you can learn a lot from a person by the way they present theirselves. Their clothes, actions, speech patterns, habits, are all manifested and can be observed. Even when they are concealing an aspect (e.g. acting stoic), you can learn something from that fact. A person who finds a question offensive might not answer it, or a person who might answer in the negative might just opt not to give a reply.
Before you delve into the deeper intricacies of a person (e.g. psyche), observe the obvious. There's a lot of details in plain sight. |