Tuomo HI gave feedback on a PhD student's first manuscript and finally used the phrase "this is close to being finished." Her actual supervisors (I'm "just" a coauthor) have been using phrases like "one more round and this section is done" or "we're almost ready to submit" for ages already. Is this some sort of neurotypical ecouragement? My feeling about their remarks has always been "no way" until very recently. Why would you say that when you must know it's not true? Of course I encourage in my commenting as well but those types of claims seem ridiculous, almost lying.
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Have you heard of this: there is a model that suggests that allistic people tend to prioritize the following aspects of communication in this order: social context -> emotional context -> information, whereas autistic people tend to prioritize the opposite. In other words, first they value what a given communication says about one's social relationship to the other, such as deferring to your boss. Then they value how the message makes them feel, and finally the actual information itself. So what you are describing would fit into this model, which explains how often many people are comforted by baseless assurances ("Everything's going to be o.k."), or the appeal to authority fallacy.
Have you heard of this: there is a model that suggests that allistic people tend to prioritize the following aspects of communication in this order: social context -> emotional context -> information, whereas autistic people tend to prioritize the opposite. In other words, first they value what a given communication says about one's social relationship to the other, such as deferring to your boss. Then they value how the message makes them feel, and finally the actual information itself. So what you are describing would fit into this model, which explains how often many people are comforted by baseless assurances ("Everything's going to be o.k."), or the appeal to authority fallacy.