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Preemptive Nullification

the intellectual frustration experienced when a carefully crafted correction is rendered irrelevant by a more egregious, unanticipated error on the part of the interlocutor.
“My critique suffered from a preemptive nullification—their misunderstanding was so fundamental it rendered my subtle objection moot.”
by Mietzsche July 12, 2025
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