Insinuation of Genuination

What are the parameters for being genuine or ingenuine?

My basic understanding of the meaning of genuinity, would be; portraying and executing that which the individual believes to true.

If genuity is based on the individual's belief, then similarly to the concept of blameability or credibility, it should somewhat depend on the individuals estimate of outcome, of their actions of any given scenario. When the concept at hand, is relative to someone's intention or belief, their intention can often be best distinguished based on their estimate of the result of their actions. If someone performs an action with an estimate of less than 50%, that it will result in the way that it does, then their action can be considered unintentional, or not believed to occur, by them.

For eg. I explain this function of genuinity, then it helps someone understand genuinity, helps them become more genuine, then helps them save a relationship they are in. While writing this, if my estimate is a very low %, that this explanation will help anyone, then it will not be my genuine belief that I will help anyone. If I then later pretend that I had believed that my explanation would help someone, then I would be ingenuine on that prospect.

The key, is portraying (to an approximate degree) what your belief was, of the outcome. Portraying is a significant element of genuinity. In order to be genuine, you should portray that which you believe, to an attempted accurate degree. If you portray, or act in a way which intentionally causes others to think that you believe(d) something that you don’t (or didn’t) actually believe, then it is considered ingenuine. Since the way that you portray your belief, is dependant on your intention of that which you portray, your estimate is also relevant for how others are interpreting that which you believe. For that which you portray to be intentional, you must have an estimate of 50% or higher, that others are interpreting you in that way. Basically, if you believe that others will think, based on your actions, that you meant to do something, but you didn’t really mean to do it, then you are not being genuine.

Someone’s estimate of how they are portraying their intentions, can be very vague and inaccurate. Someone’s estimate of the interpretation of their actions, from others, can vary quite a bit. It can vary based on knowledge of how others in general tend to interpret actions, knowledge of the specific individual’s likeliness to interpret in a certain way, knowledge of the amount of information that the interpreters have, and more. Since someone’s estimate of others interpretation can vary so much, it often just comes down to their best estimate of what their own actions insinuate.

Insinuation, is basically that which others interpret and assume about any given circumstances. So, an individual’s best estimate of the insinuation of their actions and intentions, is a significant aspect of genuinity. For eg. Bob does not shake Garry’s hand, when they meet. If Bob estimates 90%, that Garry will be offended by him not shaking his hand, then Bob is intentionally offending Garry. But if Bob estimates only 10% that Garry will be offended, then Bob is genuine in his unintention to offend Garry.

Furthermore, in the case where Bob did intend to offend Garry, if he then later comments to Garry, that he often forgets to shake hands, he is intentionally insinuating that it was an accident, that he offended Garry. Even though Bob is not necessarily outright lying (if perhaps he does indeed often forget), this insinuation is still ingenuine, because in this case, it was not really an accident (of not shaking his hand), it was intended.

So genuinity can often come down to minor insinuations of your actions, and can highly depend on whether you expect others to perceive your actions in a certain way or not. When it comes to genuinity, It’s not important whether the outcome of your actions was a positive result or not. It’s the intention of your actions, as well as intention of the insinuation of whether or not you meant to cause the outcome. Basically, to be genuine, it’s most relevant to try to act as if you believed that which you really did believe.