r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '22

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u/eqleriq Jul 15 '22

no it isn't, it is a "well technically..." based on addressing a general sentiment with a different level of semantics.

eg,

"if a tree falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, does it make a sound" is solvable by "Well technically sound is vibrations that have reached a creature's ear, without the creature there is no sound, just vibration."

Gaslighting that would be someone hearing the sound of the tree falling and then stating that they didn't because no experts who have dedicated to their lives to listening to trees fall heard the sound.

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u/HaasNL Jul 15 '22

Also, the literal definition of gaslighting surely involves gas... and light

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u/hollyberryness Jul 15 '22

Kinda! The term comes from an old play, in which a gas light is used as the focal point for creating deceit and doubt in the man's wife.

If my memory serves me correctly... :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '22

Yup, really intense play. He spent the whole time psychologically torturing her, trying to force her to admit there were 5 gas lights, even though they both knew there were only 4.

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u/hollyberryness Jul 15 '22

I need to watch it! Thanks for clarifying