"Smart people can make conclusions from limited information."
Trying to make this post as uninteresting as possible. A movie that was playing (The Parent Trap) reminded me of how, probably in late 2005, I asked Mei if her ears were pierced, and she said they were. This was completely unrelated to how in 2007, I wanted to send some earrings to Mei's older sister, but was unable to as Mei wouldn't provide an address, and so several months later I ended up buying similarly-priced earrings for my Japanese language teacher (who is Chinese).
Mei was probably able to infer that I was prepared to act like it was better if her ears were not pierced, if that had been her response. If she had asked questions about me, it could have had a similar outcome.
I don't have any memories of noticing someone's earrings in real life. I do remember noticing when someone was wearing false eyelashes, in late 2012, as well as the time when I noticed that someone had green eyes, also in 2012.
When I made this post about a hypothetical situation, I was thinking about situations like the one shown in the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, when the main character asks his wife if she loves him, and she is evasive until concluding that perhaps she does.
Supernormal stimuli: just as birds cannot control what they perceive to be the ideal egg, humans cannot control what they instinctively think of as the best of several possibilities.
If this post fails to be uninteresting, I ask that you not share this idea.
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