Could we raise the temperature?

See this great post Honing mode vs Jamming mode (in conversation) by Malcolm Ocean.

Sometimes I am disappointed by conversations and social interactions, thinking them not as satisfying as imagined conversations and interactions. In imagined conversations, people say what they truly think.¹ They say out loud “I am a plant,” if they feel like a plant, not matter how irrational the thought is. In real life, they excuse themselves, “I’m afraid I don’t feel so well,” and then sit alone and mull, Why did I think I was a plant just now? Is there something wrong with me?.

The solution isn’t to not converse, but to say and accept these thoughts which are this different kind of true.

• Logical people filter what they say with logic: does this make sense? (Sometimes, they are so logical that the filter is unnecessary. The Hebbian connections of literal untruths have already been broken.)
• The artists say what they think. They cherish what they think and what they say. If it is wrong, no matter, it is holy. Thoughts are holy.