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Headline says control, numbers and article conclusion say influence. My skepticism says when someone attempts to reproduce this, it may just vanish. My cynicism
by oldmanjay 10y ago
Headline says control, numbers and article conclusion say influence. My skepticism says when someone attempts to reproduce this, it may just vanish. My cynicism says the post is preparing this as an excuse for trump winning.
- wutbrodo 10y agoThere are connotations of "control" that make it a flashier, more imprecise, more clickbaity way to say influence. Specifically, having some degree of control less than total control over one's behavior means roughly the same thing as having influence.
- oldmanjay 10y agoIf you have to explain away the meaning of something by using an order of magnitude more words, you're bullshitting
- wutbrodo 10y agoThat is truly one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. Part of explaining something someone doesn't understand is making context explicit, context that is unstated and shared by those who do understand. Rules like yours that sound cute but make no sense are a poor, poor substitute for actual thought.