"you're wrong" is always a map-territory error, in a sense
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"you're wrong" is always a map-territory error, in a sense
great example! why did you say "M is ten years old"? did you mean it? or are you setting context for an improv scene? or speaking metaphorically, saying I'm immature? or lying, to get someone to distrust me (or give us a kid discount 😂)?
there is no "wrong" there is just whatever you meant, whatever your intent was and some mismatch your intended meaning OR my interpretation might have with my understanding and some way it might mislead someone who overheard you (from either of our perspectives)
"you're wrong. I am older than that" as a response is sort of negating the question of why in fact you said what you did, which seems like it's confusing the intended act of communication (map-level) with the mismatch that appears to be happening about the referent (territory)
but there's only one territory, so you're either honestly sharing what you're seeing, while answering a different question than me or looking at it from a different angle or something or you're engaged in fantasy or lying, which is a different thing & still has a true motive