The 'Othello's Error' pattern, named for the Shakespearean Moor who read Desdemona's composure as proof of betrayal, is when observers interpret composure itself as a tell of deception. Dreyfus's case shows the error at civilizational scale: a calm man spent 12 years on Devil's Island because his dignity read as guilt.
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