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But this is just different sentiment. Personally, I think that people are very skilled at identifying when they are being spoken to unhonestly or dismissively.
by benlorenzetti 8y ago
But this is just different sentiment. Personally, I think that people are very skilled at identifying when they are being spoken to unhonestly or dismissively.
- DFHippie 8y ago> But this is just different sentiment. My point precisely. > Personally, I think that people are very skilled at identifying when they are being spoken to unhonestly or dismissively. How? By consulting their gut? Why do certain people lie so frequently if lying doesn't work? Besides, we aren't talking about lying here, only presenting true data such that it has a particular emotional appeal. The goal is not to produce any false belief or any action contrary to the audience's interest. It is only to get the audience to register the information with the organ they use to process such information effectively: their gut.
- benlorenzetti 8y agoWhy do people lie? Maybe people are prone to exaggeration when its an idea they like or it's somehow attached to a position or stake they have taken (of)themselves. But really the point I was trying to make by saying it's just another sentiment: perhaps the number of people put off by incomplete statistics is more than the people swayed by the dramatic results
- rootusrootus 8y agoI wouldn't say they are skilled, given the enormous false positive rate.