The principle that body language reveals likelihoods rather than definite truths.
Several stress cues raise the chance of discomfort without ever proving its cause. The signs tilt the odds one way, yet they never settle the matter beyond doubt.
Speak in terms of what is likely rather than what is certain, and keep gathering evidence. Treat your reading as a probability that more information can confirm or overturn.
Treating a reading as proof leads to unjust conclusions, so stay humble. Mistaking a likelihood for a certainty is how fair observers end up making unfair judgements.
The principle that a sound reading rests on at least three cues pointing the same way.
ExploreThe principle that the setting often matters more than the gesture itself.
ExploreThe principle that meaning lies in change from a normal state rather than in fixed signs.
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