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>If Roberts is paranoid, it’s because very powerful people really are out to get him.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.



Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you!


Certainly he has justification. Also, clever use of a Princess Bride quote.

Inconceivable!


Not at all, paranoia is simply a mistrust without justification. One can be cautionary and paranoid at the same time.

There are formalized medical definitions of paranoia being a mental condition, but many words have informal definitions that complement their formal definitions.


>Not at all, paranoia is simply a mistrust without justification.

So does he or doesn't he have justification to be mistrustful? The quoted sentence claims the former.

>many words have informal definitions that complement their formal definitions.

Yea, I wouldn't have made the post without checking the informal definition first.




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