Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34656247-20180531072459/@comment-25607614-20180616012908

Ninja Of War wrote: What is quite disappointing, is you know what I the meant behind my points, yet you choose to switch the focus to something that is quite obvious and not the issue. Note, nothing you have stated voids my points, but what's worrying is that you think it does. Cognitive bias at work again.

LegionZero is using hyperbole to highlight the fact that one cannot make an unsubstantiated assumption, and then try and use to make a point as if it were a fact. That's not how debate works.

If you're going to claim that he was lying, you need to bring a source to the table where his lie was confirmed in the material. Until then, you saying he was lying is no more factual or relevant than if I were to say that "Naruto was lying about not knowing Neji, Lee, or Tenten when they first met."

One can easily jump to that assumption because he failed to graduate from the academy 3 times, and they were only 1 year ahead of the class he did graduate in. But should one jump to that conclusion? No. It's ridiculous. Plot holes happen in long stories.