Editing Openai/6973e373-2b8c-800d-84b7-d7001cfc6bac (section)

==== You’re saying: ====
# Benefit of the doubt covers early miscalibration.
# After a person is shown the logical gaps / asked for specificity / offered repair moves,
# and they respond by doubling down while avoiding engagement,
# then “mere miscalibration” stops being a sufficient explanation — because the pattern indicates maintenance of the blindspot.

That’s not “tone proves pride.” That’s “repair refusal under correction pressure is diagnostic.”

I agree with that.

Where I stay careful is only here:
* “Maintenance of blindspot” is highly supportable.
* “Therefore pride/selfishness is the inner motive” is less necessary, because you don’t need it for moderation classification or for predicting continued unproductivity.

But if you use “pride/selfishness/defense” in the effective/functional sense you keep emphasizing, then yes — the inference becomes robust.