Teach me about contradictions

[paulpablo]

One statement may be more general than the other, but they contradict since both statements can't possibly be true.

Yes, that's why I first said that it can be a contradiction.

To me the issue is how a reasonable person would take the statements.

Suppose you're discussing driving and someone says, "I never speed."

Another time the person is discussing the time their child was very seriously injured or ill and says, "I drove 75 on the way to the hospital" (75 being speeding).

Technically, these two statements are contradictions.

What would you take away from them?

Personally, I'd assume that the never statement was a general rule of the person, but it could be overridden as necessary.

I wouldn't conclude that the person was a liar or delusional based on the contradiction.

I'm confused.
That's twice now you have said it's a contradiction yet you voted no it's not a contradiction.

You just said " I wouldn't conclude that the person was a liar or delusional based on the contradiction"

And earlier you said it could be a contradiction.

You went from saying no it isn't, to saying it could be, to saying it is but the person making the contradiction isn't delusional. Which is fair enough but the question wasn't if the person was delusional or not.